RE: Problem with PMTU discovery on ICMP packets

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 17:11:33 EST


Svenning Soerensen writes:
> Yes, I see your point. I guess I made an incorrect assumption about it
> being changed between reboots. It could be related to routing or something
> instead. I'll have to dig a bit further to find a pattern.
>
> However, even if I *do* find the pattern, I still think it is reasonable
> to turn off PMTU discovery for ICMP explicitly, instead of based on the
> setting of ipv4_config:

I totally agree with you.

But I first want to know the real story behind this reboot anomaly.
Then we will fix any new bug we discover, and apply the icmp patch as
well.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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