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From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What were the reasons of having IP address at AX.25 interfaces ?
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:50:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080331215048.GB21500@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <S3540591AbYBCSQN/20080203181613Z+1592@mail.zmailer.org>

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 08:04:17PM +0200, Matti Aarnio wrote:

> Can anybody remember, why AX.25 interfaces in Linux kernel are
> enforced to have IP addresses by tools such as KISSATTACH ?

A while ago I was curious myself for why that is needed and dug into
the CVS history.  I found the IP address wasn't always enforced and the
commit message didn't really explain why the change was needed.

73 de DL5RB op Ralf

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-03-31 21:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-03 18:04 What were the reasons of having IP address at AX.25 interfaces ? Matti Aarnio
     [not found] ` <47A60A57.5080402@digitalrealm.net>
2008-02-03 20:28   ` Matti Aarnio
2008-02-04 13:02     ` What were the reasons of having mandatory " Matti Aarnio
2008-02-04 14:38       ` Andi Kleen
2008-02-04 15:02         ` Matti Aarnio
2008-03-31 21:50 ` Ralf Baechle DL5RB [this message]
2008-03-31 22:08   ` What were the reasons of having " Matti Aarnio
2008-04-01  8:17     ` Thomas Osterried
2008-04-01  9:44       ` Matti Aarnio
2008-04-01 10:37         ` Thomas Osterried
2008-04-01 12:09         ` Bernard Pidoux

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