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Posted to docs@httpd.apache.org by Colm MacCarthaigh <co...@stdlib.net> on 2003/09/28 16:24:32 UTC
[PATCH] [Resend EnableSendfile + Linux + IPv6]
I'd be grateful if something along these lines could be committed :)
We're finding more and more people getting hit by this problem
and it can be very painful to debug.
----- Forwarded message from Colm MacCarthaigh <co...@stdlib.net> -----
From: Colm MacCarthaigh <co...@stdlib.net>
Reply-To: colm@stdlib.net
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:14:37 +0100
To: docs@httpd.apache.org
Subject: EnableSendfile + Linux + IPv6
The Linux TCP checksum offloading bugs are well-established
at this stage. Might aswell document it.
Index: manual/mod/core.html.en
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/httpd-2.0/docs/manual/mod/core.html.en,v
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@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@
system did not detect, especially if the binaries were built on
another box and moved to such a machine with broken sendfile
support.</li>
+ <li>On Linux the use of sendfile triggers TCP-checksum
+ offloading bugs on certain networking cards when using IPv6.</li>
<li>With a network-mounted <code class="directive"><a href="#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> (e.g., NFS or SMB),
the kernel may be unable to serve the network file through
its own cache.</li>
Index: manual/mod/core.xml
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--- manual/mod/core.xml 6 Aug 2003 13:57:29 -0000 1.76
+++ manual/mod/core.xml 1 Sep 2003 11:10:35 -0000
@@ -800,6 +800,8 @@
system did not detect, especially if the binaries were built on
another box and moved to such a machine with broken sendfile
support.</li>
+ <li>On Linux the use of sendfile triggers TCP-checksum
+ offloading bugs on certain networking cards when using IPv6.</li>
<li>With a network-mounted <directive
module="core">DocumentRoot</directive> (e.g., NFS or SMB),
the kernel may be unable to serve the network file through
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