[c-nsp] Software forced crash on 2651XM/12.3(6e)

[Joe Maimon]

christopher.a.kane at jpmchase.com wrote:

>>Put 'sh stack' in the crash decoder on CCO and see if it gets
>>you any meaningful bug matches.
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>>Or upgrade to the latest 12.3 mainline code and see if it goes away.
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> Not to pick on you Rodney.....but I'd like to better understand why this 
> statement gets uttered so much. For those of us in large enterprises 
> (maybe the smaller ones too), code upgrades are rarely permitted on whim.

If you want fixes, you must perform upgrades. Otherwise you have to make 
do with workarounds, if available.

The specifics of when and why....thats up to you to determine and/or 
find out, with or without TAC's help.