Multicast filter limit and AppleTalk

[Geoff Ghose]

Osma Ahvenlampi wrote:

> Geoff Ghose wrote:
> > So my question is:   Is there anyone out there who has managed to get
> > AppleTalk to work
> > with the eepro100?  (Yes, I know I can run AppleShare over TPC/IP, but I
> > also need AppleTalk).
>
> I'm running netatalk (traffic mostly AppleShare/IP but AppleTalk/DDP
> support is on, and at the minimum the address multicasting is happening)
> on a Linux 2.0.36/eepro100 1.05 system, 6 busy Mac clients with no
> problems. multicast_filter_limit=3 is set.
>
> -- osma

Hmmmn.  I forgot to mention that I have an SMP kernel.  I beginning the
suspect that SMP
might be the critical issue.  Have people used the SMP kernel patch that D.
Becker suggested
to solve this problem?