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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=488565121-10042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am not sure this is a openib issue, but perhaps rather a
bug in the utilities</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=488565121-10042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>that assumed the size of a MAC address is 8 bytes.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=488565121-10042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am not sure if that is the case with this one, but I know
it was</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>the case in some of the user utilities. If this is the
case, then</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>the utility should be fixed. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=488565121-10042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>my 2 cents,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>woody</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> openib-general-bounces@openib.org
[mailto:openib-general-bounces@openib.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Scott Weitzenkamp
(sweitzen)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 10, 2006 2:51 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Jerome
Taylor; openib-general@openib.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [openib-general]
tcpdump command issue on IB network<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=555085021-10042006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I opened a bug on this a couple of months
ago.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180980">https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=180980</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Scott</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> openib-general-bounces@openib.org
[mailto:openib-general-bounces@openib.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jerome
Taylor<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 10, 2006 2:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
openib-general@openib.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> Jerome Taylor<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[openib-general] tcpdump command issue on IB network<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear developers and
list subscribers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>I ran into the
following error message running the Linux tcpdump command on an
Infiniband</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>network.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>#
tcpdump</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>i ib0</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tcpdump: ioctl: Value
too large for defined data type.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am
running</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>the following configuration:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial size=2>RedHat AS-4.0
U2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>, kernel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>-2.6.9-22.ELsmp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Gen2
driver</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2> (ib-verb-2.0.1-2.6.9_22.ELsmp;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>
ib-ipoib-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>2.6.9-22.ELsmp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>tcpdump</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>-3.9.4-3</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Has anyone seen this
issue before</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial size=2>? Is this an issue with the kernel</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial size=2>and support
for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial
size=2>the larger</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us> <FONT
face=Arial size=2>IB</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2> h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>ardware</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us> <FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>address?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><A name=""><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Jerome
Taylor</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=left><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>____________________</FONT></SPAN></P>
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