I can still log in locally and everything seems quiet. Top shows no
activity, there is plenty of RAM and all the network daemons are running.
netstat -c shows no network activity.
cat /proc/net/arp shows a few entries from my name server and the
hosts that tried to log in (normal).
But .... cat /proc/net/rt_cache >/tmp/xxx.xxx creates a file that is
over 330,000 bytes in length! with mostly the same entries like:
Iface Destination Gateway Flags RefCnt Use Metric Source MTU Window IRTT TOS HHRef HHUptod SpecDst Hash
eth0 EC28B2CC EC28B2CC 0 1 8 0 E028B2CC 1500 0 300 00 2 1 E028B2CC 1D
eth0 FF2FB2CC FF2FB2CC 94011000 0 1 0 C028B2CC 1500 0 300 00 -1 0 E028B2CC 38
eth0 FF2FB2CC FF2FB2CC 94011000 0 1 0 C429B2CC 1500 0 300 00 -1 0 E028B2CC 3D
eth0 D228B2CC D228B2CC 0 0 14 0 E028B2CC 1500 0 300 00 3 1 E028B2CC 48
eth0 FF2FB2CC FF2FB2CC 94011000 0 3 0 AD2BB2CC 1500 0 300 00 -1 0 E028B2CC 56
[SNIPPED THOUSANDS OF LINES!!!]
I would guess that something here should be expiring and it isn't, so the
cache gets full. Note that the destination is a Gateway (correct), but maybe
something wasn't well tested under these conditions because destinations
are usually hosts..... Maybe this makes a difference about cache expiration
which I don't think it should.
I haven't a clue why this would start after I installed a new SCSI
controller.
This is /proc/interrupts just after rebooting...
0: 42117 timer
1: 2 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
5: 4274 NE2000
9: 4435 + BusLogic BT-958 <---- New controller
13: 1 math error
/proc/net/dev
Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs drop fifo colls carrier
lo: 28 0 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0
tunl0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tunl1: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 4566 0 0 0 0 1202 0 0 0 0 0
/proc/ioports
0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : npu
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0300-031f : NE2000
0378-037f : lp
03c0-03df : vga+
03f0-03f5 : floppy
03f7-03f7 : floppy DIR
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
fccc-fccf : BusLogic BT-958 <---- New controller.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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