Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-25 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 11:43:06AM +0100, Gerd wrote: I'm a Debian developer, I'm not running slink. So there are plans to use 2.2.x kernels on Debian, too? You can run 2.2 on Debian 2.1 (slink). It works just fine, out of the box; almost all of the tools support 2.2 and 2.0 (deliberately).

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-24 Thread Gerd
Hello Terry, I'm a Debian developer, I'm not running slink. So there are plans to use 2.2.x kernels on Debian, too? Just curious, Gerd -- Gerd Roethig Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Klinik u. PK I Johannisallee 32, 04103 Leipzig Tel. (0341) 97 12622, Fax (0341) 97 12515

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-24 Thread Ing. Jose A. Amador
I am still in state of confusion, as it has not worked WELL so far under Linux. Please let me insist on clearing this old doubt of mine, if gurus can help. Using RedHat 5.2 and kernel 2.0.36 on a DX2/66, how can I make a MS400 card, with AA4RE mods to share a single IRQ for the four ports

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-24 Thread Terry Dawson
Gerd wrote: I'm a Debian developer, I'm not running slink. So there are plans to use 2.2.x kernels on Debian, too? Of course. Terry

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-24 Thread Ronnie Hale
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Ing. Jose A. Amador wrote: I am still in state of confusion, as it has not worked WELL so far under Linux. Please let me insist on clearing this old doubt of mine, if gurus can help. Using RedHat 5.2 and kernel 2.0.36 on a DX2/66, how can I make a MS400 card, with

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-23 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 08:04:16PM +0100, Thomas Pinz wrote: connect: No route to host Here I have no idea how this can be fixed, too. there are some changes in the routing behavior... if you add a "axparms -route add if call", it works... but here the problem appears only with "call",

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-23 Thread Jens David
Hi, Hamish Moffatt wrote: I get "socket: invalid argument" when trying to use call or axparms as above. However I'm not 100% sure my recompile of ax25-* actually uses the new code. I did recompile everything but I think /usr/include/netax25/ax25.h is still the original. On Debian that file

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-22 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 06:28:47PM +0100, Gerd wrote: Pentium class computer, preferrably 300 MHz and above 64 MB RAM or more (the more, the better) These are wildly exaggerated requirements for Linux. But in a lot of publications and also in a lot of user statements in the

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-22 Thread Terry Dawson
On 21 Jan, Gerd wrote: And that is the main question: Is there still an effect, a benefit from all these improvements even if the newest kernel is run on the 386 DX 40 mentioned above? Or, in other words, can it be recommended to upgrade even such old machines to the current kernel?

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:02:15PM -0400, M Taylor wrote: On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Terry Dawson wrote: And is there also a performance improvement visible? Even if someone could assure me that these kernels do not slow down older hardware I would be glad. Then, I could even use a

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-22 Thread Terry Dawson
On 20 Jan, Gerd wrote: But in a lot of publications and also in a lot of user statements in the Usenet, repeatedly, such requirements were announced. You're not cynical enough about mainstream press. Those sorts of configurations might be recommended by distributions for "typical" user

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-21 Thread Terry Dawson
On 19 Jan, Gerd wrote: Pentium class computer, preferrably 300 MHz and above 64 MB RAM or more (the more, the better) These are wildly exaggerated requirements for Linux. So, I even was a little bit afraid if Slackware 7, which comes with 2.2.13, would run on my K6-2/400 with 64 MB RAM -

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-21 Thread Geoff Blake
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Gerd wrote about, Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results: The information comes from several german computer magazines stating that you need at least 64 MB physical RAM in order to get a benefit of the new kernel's memory management features

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-21 Thread Gerd
Hello Terry, hello all, The new kernels do not slow down older hardware, be reassured. That's great. :) But, a 386 DX 40 with 8 MB should rather stick to 2.0.38, shouldn't it? Only if you don't want the benefit of all of the improvements that have been introduced into the kernel since

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-20 Thread Richard Adams
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Gerd wrote about, Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results: Hello Ray, hello all, The information comes from several german computer magazines stating that you need at least 64 MB physical RAM in order to get a benefit of the new kernel's memory

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-20 Thread Gerd
Hello Jens, So, what about lower rates like 1200, 2400, 2660, 4800 bps, AFSK, HAPN and the like? Aren't they supported any more? Or, do I have to set some filter for them, too? Tom´s original modulators and demodulators are - of cause - still included. In fact you can select between

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Gerd
Hello Thomas, hello all, But when initialising the card with sethdlc you must set two filter curves, one for rx, one for tx. Filter curves? How can these be set? the new sethdlc-command is: sethdlc -i sm0 -p mode sbc:fsk9600_4.fsk9600_4_32 the first fsk... is for rx, the second for

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 08:47:33AM +0100, Gerd wrote: I use the new stuff on a 486/66, 16mb ram, disless boot via nfs an suse 6.2. Kernel 2.2.14 with 16 MB RAM? Does that really work? Then one can guess that Certainly, my 2.2.12 packet box is a 486/100 with 16mb, also diskless (ie: no

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Gerd
Hello Hamish, hello all, I use the new stuff on a 486/66, 16mb ram, disless boot via nfs an suse 6.2. Kernel 2.2.14 with 16 MB RAM? Does that really work? Then one can guess that Certainly, my 2.2.12 packet box is a 486/100 with 16mb, also diskless (ie: no swap!) Sounds a

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Jan Wasserbauer
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Gerd wrote: So, I even was a little bit afraid if Slackware 7, which comes with 2.2.13, would run on my K6-2/400 with 64 MB RAM - but it does (I am still estonished). I was running Slackware (4.0) on 386/33MHz/8MB RAM/100MB HDD (with swap :) ) .. not very fast setup

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Michele A Debandi
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Gerd wrote: Pentium class computer, preferrably 300 MHz and above 64 MB RAM or more (the more, the better) So, I even was a little bit afraid if Slackware 7, which comes with 2.2.13, would run on my K6-2/400 with 64 MB RAM - but it does (I am still estonished). This

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Ray Heasman
Hi Gerd, On Wed 2000-01-19 (09:29), Gerd wrote: Hello Hamish, hello all, I use the new stuff on a 486/66, 16mb ram, disless boot via nfs an suse 6.2. Kernel 2.2.14 with 16 MB RAM? Does that really work? Then one can guess that Certainly, my 2.2.12 packet box is a

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Jens David
Hi Gerd, So, what about lower rates like 1200, 2400, 2660, 4800 bps, AFSK, HAPN and the like? Aren't they supported any more? Or, do I have to set some filter for them, too? Tom´s original modulators and demodulators are - of cause - still included. In fact you can select between the

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Jens David
Hi, Gerd wrote: But setting an option for either serial or parallel or MIDI connected PTT circuit failed. It seems that sethdlc is broken, too. I suspect that you still had the parport and serial device drivers loaded or some hardware problem. If not please investigate and send

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Harry L. Styron
Jan Wasserbauer wrote: On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Gerd wrote: So, I even was a little bit afraid if Slackware 7, which comes with 2.2.13, would run on my K6-2/400 with 64 MB RAM - but it does (I am still estonished). I was running Slackware (4.0) on 386/33MHz/8MB RAM/100MB HDD (with swap

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-19 Thread Gerd
Hello Ray, hello all, I use the new stuff on a 486/66, 16mb ram, disless boot via nfs an suse 6.2. Kernel 2.2.14 with 16 MB RAM? Does that really work? Then one can guess that Certainly, my 2.2.12 packet box is a 486/100 with 16mb, also diskless (ie: no swap!)

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-18 Thread Jens David
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello to the list, Compiling the new kernel we found that the drivers for 6pack yam bpqether cause the kernel compile to fail By intention. This way they will get fixed *apropriately*. I could also fix them, but I´d need the hardware to test it or

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-18 Thread Thomas Pinz
Servus Gerd I use the new stuff on a 486/66, 16mb ram, disless boot via nfs an suse 6.2. Kernel 2.2.14 with 16 MB RAM? Does that really work? Then one can guess that it is even possible to run 2.2.14 on a box like my booksized one: Cyrix Media GX 133, 32 MB RAM, 10 GB Harddrive. Well,

New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-17 Thread roetg
Hello to the list, some days ago, there was announcement that the new DG2FEF AX.25-Stack is also available for Linux kernel 2.2.14. Since the pages at http://www.afthd.tu-darmstadt.de/~dg1kjd/linux-ax25/index.html claim that the DG2FEF AX.25 stack is already more reliable and more

Re: New AX.25 and newest kernel 2.2.14: first test results

2000-01-17 Thread Thomas Pinz
Hi Gerd (and the rest of the world :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are the results. We tested that new software on two different computers, one using SuSE Linux 6.3 (K6-300, 32 MB RAM, 1 GB harddrive) the other one using Caldera OpenLinux 2.3. (Celeron 400, 64 MB RAM, 20 GB harddrive). I