qeth.72880f <bus ID of the qeth device>: A HiperSockets network traffic analyzer is already active in the HiperSockets LAN

Explanation

The sysfs 'sniffer' attribute of the HiperSockets device has the value '1'. The HiperSockets interface is switched into promiscuous mode but another HiperSockets device on the same HiperSockets LAN is already running as a network traffic analyzer. A HiperSockets LAN can only have one active network traffic analyzer.

User response

Do not configure multiple HiperSockets devices in the same HiperSockets LAN as tracing devices.

Severity

Warning