Re: snmpd creating dirty buffers on a D-Link DFE-580TX

richard lucassen wrote:
>> I use a quad ethernet card D-Link DFE-580TX in my server. As soon as I
>> start snmpd I get this in syslog:
>>
>> kernel: 00 39d52000 00000000 00000000(00) 00000000 00000000
>> [snip bunch of messages like above]
>> kernel: TxListPtr=39d00150 netif_queue_stopped=0
>> kernel: cur_tx=3126(16) dirty_tx=3126(16)
>> kernel: cur_rx=20 dirty_rx=20
>> kernel: cur_task=3126
>> kernel: TxStatus=1500
> 
> I just installed sndmp (also Debian Etch net-snmpd-5.2.3) on different
> hardware (DL320) with the same D-Link networkcard and I get exactly the
> same messages.

Sounds like a kernel problem that just happens to get *triggered* by snmpd. You may want to run snmpd under "strace" to find out what exact system call triggers the message. Is it just syslog noise or are you seeing any real problems?


+Thomas
 
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