Re: weird error messages
Lerale Erwan (erwan@fr.clara.net) wrote:
> I'm getting this error message when snort is started. Snort seems to
> work properly...
>
> Mar 11 16:11:33 hot kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> Mar 11 16:11:33 hot kernel: snort(353): unaligned trap at 000000012000e390: 0000000120069a4e 28 2
> Mar 11 16:11:33 hot kernel: snort(353): unaligned trap at 000000012000e4e4: 0000000120069a4e 28 1
> Mar 11 16:11:33 hot kernel: snort(353): unaligned trap at 000000012000ea9c: 0000000120069a6e 28 1
> Mar 11 16:11:33 hot kernel: snort(353): unaligned trap at 000000012000eb20: 0000000120069a5a 22 10
>
> I don't understand why these error messages are being generated.
They are mostly harmless. It can, however, effect system
performance. snort and a few other apps need some work to make them
run correctly on Alpha. Hopefully Chris (hint hint) can fix snort
sometime this week as he and I both are getting them.
Ron
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