reopen 110862 # Here with I am reopening this bug. # # On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 06:31:19 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: # # > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 12:33:35PM +0200, Tomas Pospisek wrote: # > > # > > I don't know if this is the right place to assign the bug. Maybe the # > > right place for this is netbase, ifupdown or kernel-package - I # > > don't know. Please reassign the bug as you wish. # > # > This is certainly not the right place. Anyway, it's your job to # > decide, not mine. # # As it's up to me to decide: Yes, this is the right place. This *is* a # bug of this kernel-image package. ECN is *not* a standard setting. It # is marked experimental and is off by default in the upstream default # config. The reason for this is wellknown and has been discussed in the # ECN thread on debian-devel. # # I do agree with you that by not compiling ECN into the kernel module # users will not be able to use it and will have to recompile their # kernel. # # So the problem is upstream - ECN should be either a module or off by # default even if compiled into the kernel. # # A workaround, which would be also to some extend cleaner would be to # enable or disable ECN in netbase. A patch to netbase has been proposed # in this same bugreport: # # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=110862&msg=4 # # There's a whishlist pending against netbase reporting the same problem: # # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=98228 # # So I am going to follow up on that report now, which means that it is up # to Anthony to hopefully include that patch in netbase allthough it is # frozen. # # *t
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