Well looks like I can now forget slip. I use ppp and so does most
other guys who are on the internet.
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> For those not on the linux kernel list:
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 98 18:51 BST
> From: Alan Cox <ljz@mail.dy.fi>
> To: sif@capitalone.com
> Subject: 2.0.35pre4
>
>
> Ok 2.0.35pre4 is in the usual place (ftp.uk.linux.org:/pub/linux/alan)
>
> This cleans up assorted small items (thanks Paul especially) and glitches
> in option selection. In terms of additions there is only one new chunk of
> code that will want heavy testing. Will folks please make sure pre4
> correctly(ish) identifies their CPU -especially the AMD ones as I dont
> own any AMD processors.
>
> The other chunk of additions is the amateur radio updates which fix a pile
> of AX.25 bugs and update all the amateur radio drivers/protocol layers. To
> a non amateur user the total impact is that the slip code is now cleaner
> as KISS is no longer hacked into the SLIP code and that sysctl supports
> loadable sysctl tables, everything else is outside of non amateur use.
>
> Radio amateur folks using old tools will want to pick up a more recent
> axattach and friends - eg the 2.1.x versions.
>
> Alan
>
>
Best wishes
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