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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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Subject: Re: strange network hangs using kdb 
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:20:25 -0400, 
John Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu> wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:20:26 -0400,
>> John Jasen <jjasen1@umbc.edu> wrote:
>> >When we use kdb on one of the systems, the other system stops receiving
>> >packets.
>>
>> man linux/Documentation/kdb/kdb.mm, section Interrupts and KDB.
>
>I would expect one system to fall off the network, when it is put into
>kdb. However, why does it have any effect on the other system, which may
>or may not be in kdb?

It does not.  kdb is intrusive when it trips but even it cannot reach
across a network and stop another machine.  Look for a networking
problem on the other system.