[c-nsp] "Assert failure in ..." error

[Jared Mauch]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:06:53PM +0200, Thomas Kernen wrote:
> >>
> >>I came across a new error I've not encountered before/yet. After
> >>upgrading a C3550 to 12.1(22)EA1a the following message turned up in 
> >>the
> >>log within minutes of the reload.
> >>
> >>"Assert failure in ../src-vegas/vur_drv.c line 2261"
> >
> >You should contact TAC and press them on this issue, they
> >should file a bug and escalate it with the developers to resolve.
> >Don't allow them to ignore you :)
> >
> >Even if you have no support contract Cisco should take the
> >case to resolve the bug for you, you may not be entitled to fixed
> >software, but they should resolve it either way :)
> >
> >This is true for any alignment error, spurious memory access
> >or assert.  They're all indicitive of bugs that need to be
> >resolved.
> >
> 
> Support contract is not the issue, it's getting past the TAC engineer 
> and the "upgrade to the latest release and then call us back" bit that 
> drives me insane. ;-)

	"I'll upgrade if you find an existing bug in qddts that matches
this that is publically visible that indiciates it was fixed in X release".

	- jared

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