On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 07:50:38PM -0700, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> It's clear the kernel workers never tried 2.2.0 on a Red Hat 5.2
> loaded Linux. Nor have they tried it with the ax25-utils. Since I can't
> even get X windows loaded there is no telling what else failed...:-(
Karl:
The kernel is independent of which Linux distribution you use.
It is not up to the kernel developers to test the kernel with Red Hat --
if anything is incompatible, Red Hat needs updating.
Some new tools are needed to work with Linux 2.2; the doco in the kernel
(Documentation/Changes) tells you which versions you need. If your Red
Hat system doesn't have those versions, your system won't work 100%;
that's just progress. For example, a Debian 2.0 system doesn't have all
those things and won't work completely with 2.2. Debian 2.1 will have
most (if not all) of those.
Also, the ax25-utils need to be tested with the new kernel, not the other
way around. I have had a few minor problems with AX25 on 2.2, but nothing
major. Here is the script I use to bring up ax25:
#!/bin/sh
rmmod opl3
rmmod sb
rmmod uart401
rmmod sound
modprobe soundmodem
modprobe netrom
setserial /dev/ttyS1 uart none
sethdlc -i sm0 -p mode sbc:afsk1200 io 0x220 irq 5 dma 1 serio 0x2f8
ifconfig sm0 hw ax25 vk3tyd 192.168.1.1 up
nrattach netrom
netromd -i
smmixer s=line i=-10
ax25d
netrom does not come up properly; I haven't made the effort to work out
why yet. Raw AX25 does work though.
The IP address you use on the AX25 interface (192.168.1.1 above) is
unimportant if you are not using TCP/IP, but it is necessary to set one.
Hamish
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