[c-nsp] how not to write a release note

[Mark Newton]

On 17/11/2009, at 10:04 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 06:11:09PM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
>> 	CSCta14457 - A Cisco device may report alignment errors
>> "%ALIGN-3-TRACE" error messages accompanied with a traceback may be reported.
>> 
>> 	Does not say anything about what may trigger it, eg: mtu,
>> packet fragmentation, etc..
> 
> Still not as funny as this one:
> 
> CSCso05336

My favourite is this, from the (disastrous) 7401ASR platform:

CSCdy18641

Symptoms   A router may reload unexpectedly when a Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) connection is established.

Conditions   This symptom is observed on a Cisco 7401ASR router that is used as a Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) network server (LNS).

Workaround   There is no workaround.



This one was particularly notable because when Cisco originally started
pimping the 7401 they said that one of the specific roles it had been
designed for was "Broadband aggregation" with "Intelligent L2TP 
tunneling support."
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps354/products_quick_reference_guide09186a0080091fd1.html

I don't think they were ever actually useful for any role at all.  The
only way I ever managed to get them to work reliably was to turn off PXF,
which totally killed their performance.  Worst platform ever.

 - mark

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