[Openswan Users] Starting ipsec locks machine

[Rod Savard]

> > > > You are likely hitting our SMP bug. Are you running this on a P4
> > > machine?
> > >
> > > Nope, it's not that.  I have reproduced the problem on two
machines,
> > > neither of which are SMP (or support HT).  One was a Pentium 3
> 933MHz
> > > and the other a Pentium 4 2.4GHz.
> > >
> > > Any other ideas of why it hard locks when starting ipsec?
> >
> > Which version is this? Please try the 2_4_X CVS ?
> 
> I'm running 2.4.5rc5 on kernel 2.6.15.6.  I will try the CVS and
report
> back.
> 
> BTW, I assume that Openswan cannot patch the 2.6.16 kernel due to
> numerous rearrangements in its networking components.  Is this true?
Or
> does KLIPS patch apply ok?

Ok, the problem was that I'm running an SMP kernel (even though the
hardware is neither SMP or HT capable).  I turned off the SMP options in
the kernel and now it doesn't hard lock any more.

Thanks,
Rod