Re: nmap 2.01 - error message

[Jordan Ritter <jpr5 () darkridge com>]

On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, John Tannahill wrote:

> Hi, nmap program appears to work properly using Linux 2.0.34 kernel.
> However, I keep getting the following message:
>
> eth0: interrupted while interrupts are masked! isr=0x1 imr=0x0
>
> Can anyone explain the significance of this message and how to fix?

Sounds like a problematic ethernet driver.  I doubt it's hurting anything,
but I'd guess your ethercard is slow and is receiving more interrupts in
the middle of servicing an interrupt (it's masking them, but still
receiving them, which is borked).


Jordan Ritter                            
Network Security Engineer                        Systems Administrator
Ring-Zero, Netect, Inc.  Boston, MA       Darkridge Security Solutions