Linux-Hams archive - January 1998: Re: ax25 utils with 2.0.32 kernel

Re: ax25 utils with 2.0.32 kernel

Terry Dawson (nwbuv.lqhjf@att.net)
Thu, 08 Jan 1998 09:36:45 +1100

> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Ed Jackson wrote:
>
> > Hello all............
> > What version of ax25-utils, and net-tools should I be using
> > with a 2.0.32 kernel. The ax25 howto (ver 1.5) talks about 2.0.31,
> > but no higher.

Ed,
yes, Bob is correct, you should use ax25-utils-2.1.42a.

Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I would certainly think 2.1.42a, if you have patched the kernel with
> module-14e, or 2.0.12c if not. There has been quite a bit of discussion
> recently about prblems patching 2.0.33 and I downgraded to 2.0.31 with the
> 14e patch, which works nicely. This hasn't been pinned down yet, but it
> looks like the patch may need some work for 2.0.33. Nobody has reported
> problems with 2.0.32, AFAIK.

Ah, I haven't been following the list very closely of late I'm amazingly
busy at the moment. I'll take a look, I don't think the changes required
will be very large ones, I'll see if I can get another patch prepared.

regards
Terry