Re: 2.4.3 oopses at lots of ppp sessions

From: Paul Mackerras (paulus@samba.org)
Date: Thu Apr 26 2001 - 23:46:34 EST


Marcell GAL writes:

> 2.4.3 (UP kernel UP machine, http://home.sch.bme.hu/~cell/.config)
> oopses when I start lots of pppd eth0 simultaneously.
> (I guess the problem is not pppoe specific, but I do not know exactly)
>
> The last pppd sighs: PPP: couldn't register device (-17)
> This is 2 oops not just 1...

Hmmm, somehow the list of ppp units has got a null pointer in it. At
the moment I don't see how that can happen, but I will look into it.

Paul.
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