pci scc cards

pci scc cards

[Stef VK5HSX]

Greetings..

	We are having trouble trying to configure PCI SCC Card. The chip used is a 
SUN 1889 (Dual Port card). Currently we use a script..

#!/bin/sh
# ax25 startup scripts
echo "Attach AX.25 devices to relevant ports"
#
setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart 16750 port 0xe800 baud_base 19200
setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16750 port 0xec00 baud_base 76800
#
/sbin/modprobe mkiss
/sbin/modprobe netrom
/sbin/modprobe ax25
#
/usr/sbin/kissnetd /dev/ptyqa /dev/ptyqb &
sleep 2
echo "Attach AX.25 loopback ports"
/usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyqa loop0 10.1.1.1
/usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyqb loop1 10.1.1.2
/usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyS2 2 44.136.176.220
/usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyS3 3 44.136.177.220
#
/sbin/ifconfig ttyS2 44.136.176.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 \
broadcast 44.136.176.255 arp hw ax25 vk5tty-15 up
/sbin/ifconfig ttyS3 44.136.177.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 \
broadcast 44.136.176.255 arp hw ax25 vk5tty-13 up

We tried looking at psicscc program, however, there is NO support for SUN 1889 
chip. Is there an alternative to the way we are doing it or using pciscc.
We had just moved away from ISA DRSI cards using the Z8530drv, as the cards 
were damaged.

The problem we get is cannot attach kiss to the devices..
Any help would be much appreciated


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Re: pci scc cards

[Robin Gilks]

> Greetings..
>
> 	We are having trouble trying to configure PCI SCC Card. The chip used is
> a
> SUN 1889 (Dual Port card). Currently we use a script..
>

[snip]

> We tried looking at psicscc program, however, there is NO support for SUN
> 1889
> chip. Is there an alternative to the way we are doing it or using pciscc.
> We had just moved away from ISA DRSI cards using the Z8530drv, as the
> cards
> were damaged.
>
> The problem we get is cannot attach kiss to the devices..
> Any help would be much appreciated
>
Hi Stef

Bad luck on the choice of cards - what you have there is NOT an SCC card
and will never operate in the same manner as the DRSI card you used to
use.

What you have is a simple dual UART card which can be treated the same way
as the normal serial ports on the motherboard - no syncronous data, no
HDLC, no direct modem connection for AX25 :-((

Best advice would be to exchange the card for a standard serial multi-port
card that is supported by the Linux kernel as I doubt you will find a
'commercial' SCC card apart from the Baycom team (that I know of anyway!)


-- 
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Internet: g8ecj@gilks.org    http://www.gilks.org

Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Dave Stubbs]

Hello all,

Is there any good, reasonably modern Linux Digipeater software out 
there?  I've noticed that axdigi is still dated 1997 and won't compile 
on any reasonably modern system, and the old binary from 1997 won't run 
with any reasonably modern kernel.

Someone suggested that I try ax25digi, but ax25digi is not on the 
linux-hams site, and even google only brings up 6 websites that mention 
it - and even then only complaints about it - nothing about where to get it.

I found a couple forums where someone else was asking, very clearly, if 
there was an AX.25-level digipeater program out there, and all the 
replies were about APRS digipeating, not what the original poster really 
asked about.  (APRS forwarding really isn't digipeating anyway - more 
like bridging or routing - different OSI layer).

So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple, 
single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6? 

Thanks in advance,

Dave
VA3BHF

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 11:43:29AM -0500, Dave Stubbs wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Is there any good, reasonably modern Linux Digipeater software out 
> there?  I've noticed that axdigi is still dated 1997 and won't compile 
> on any reasonably modern system, and the old binary from 1997 won't run 
> with any reasonably modern kernel.
> 
> Someone suggested that I try ax25digi, but ax25digi is not on the 
> linux-hams site, and even google only brings up 6 websites that mention 
> it - and even then only complaints about it - nothing about where to get it.
> 
> I found a couple forums where someone else was asking, very clearly, if 
> there was an AX.25-level digipeater program out there, and all the 
> replies were about APRS digipeating, not what the original poster really 
> asked about.  (APRS forwarding really isn't digipeating anyway - more 
> like bridging or routing - different OSI layer).
> 
> So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple, 
> single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6? 
> 

I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get 
ax25digi at:

ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz


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Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Dave Platt]

> 
> > So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple, 
> > single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6? 
> > 
> 
> I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get 
> ax25digi at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz

Another choice is digi_ned.  It's extremely flexible, and comes
with a number of sample configuration files.  One of them,
lightly edited, will cause it to act as a very straightforward
single-port generic AX.25 digipeater.

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Dave Stubbs]

>>So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple, 
>>single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6? 
>>
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get 
>ax25digi at:
>
>ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz
>
>  
>
Actually, there's no file there with that name at all. 

Dave
VA3BHF

RE: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Wilson G. Hein]

-----Original Message-----
>>So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple,
>>single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6?
>>
>>
>>
>
>I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get
>ax25digi at:
>
>ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz
>
>
>
Actually, there's no file there with that name at all.

Try without the 25, axdigi.tgz downloaded for me:-)

I also could noit get it to compile, and get an error from the binary, and
would love to have the this app working. Just no time to try myself.

Willie, WJ3G

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:25:27PM -0500, Wilson G. Hein wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> >>So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple,
> >>single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get
> >ax25digi at:
> >
> >ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz
> >
> >
> >
> Actually, there's no file there with that name at all.
> 
> Try without the 25, axdigi.tgz downloaded for me:-)
> 
> I also could noit get it to compile, and get an error from the binary, and
> would love to have the this app working. Just no time to try myself.
> 

Sorry about the broken URL, thanks Willie.  

The binary appears to have been built with libc4 (this thing really is
old!).  I suspect that it is written for an older version of gcc, as
well.  The oldest one I have is 2.95 and that bombs, as do 3.2 and 3.3. 
I'm not a C programmer, so can't reallly help there.

The only reason it still exists in the TAPR repository is that I haven't
taken the time to clean out the obsolete stuff.  I probably will, once 
we get the new tapr.org server fully online.

I don't know if Craig VK2XLZ (the author) still frequents this list, but
if so maybe he could comment.

Bob, N7XY

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Tomi Manninen]

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On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 22:49, Bob Nielsen wrote:

> The binary appears to have been built with libc4 (this thing really is
> old!).  I suspect that it is written for an older version of gcc, as
> well.  The oldest one I have is 2.95 and that bombs, as do 3.2 and 3.3. 
> I'm not a C programmer, so can't reallly help there.

Just a quick and dirty hack... Maybe this works, at least it compiles 
for me now...

-- 
Tomi Manninen / OH2BNS / KP20ME04

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/x-patch, Size: 783 bytes --]

diff -ruN axdigi-0.02.orig/axdigi.c axdigi-0.02/axdigi.c
--- axdigi-0.02.orig/axdigi.c	1997-06-12 19:56:56.000000000 +0300
+++ axdigi-0.02/axdigi.c	2004-12-22 23:24:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,17 +20,18 @@
  *        12th June 1997.
  */
 
-#include <linux/if.h>
-#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <strings.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <linux/ax25.h>
+#include <netax25/ax25.h>
+
+#define	ETH_P_AX25	0x0002
 
 int recv_packet(unsigned char *buf, int size, unsigned char *port);
 void print_call(unsigned char *buf);
@@ -250,4 +251,4 @@
 		}
 	} /* for */
 }	
-		
\ No newline at end of file
+		

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Nate Bargmann]

* Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net> [2004 Dec 22 16:29 -0600]:
> 
> Sorry about the broken URL, thanks Willie.  
> 
> The binary appears to have been built with libc4 (this thing really is
> old!).  I suspect that it is written for an older version of gcc, as
> well.  The oldest one I have is 2.95 and that bombs, as do 3.2 and 3.3. 
> I'm not a C programmer, so can't reallly help there.
> 
> The only reason it still exists in the TAPR repository is that I haven't
> taken the time to clean out the obsolete stuff.  I probably will, once 
> we get the new tapr.org server fully online.
> 
> I don't know if Craig VK2XLZ (the author) still frequents this list, but
> if so maybe he could comment.

Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
*somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
capability meet the spec.

I've been playing with AX.25 on another box again and didn't realize
digipeating was lacking until this thread.  This prompted me to grab
the file and save Tomi's patch.

73, de Nate >>

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Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Tomi Manninen]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
> *somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
> sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
> could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
> capability meet the spec.

FWIW, there is an axdigi-0.02.tar.gz at the old ax25 tools home
at http://he.fi/. The patch I sent, was against this. I have absolutely
no idea if this is the latest version or not...

-- 
Tomi Manninen / OH2BNS / KP20ME04

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 01:01:04PM +0200, Tomi Manninen wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
> > *somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
> > sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
> > could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
> > capability meet the spec.
> 
> FWIW, there is an axdigi-0.02.tar.gz at the old ax25 tools home
> at http://he.fi/. The patch I sent, was against this. I have absolutely
> no idea if this is the latest version or not...

That is sightly newer than the version I found at the TAPR site. 
Jonathan Naylor patched it previously to compile on 2.1 kernels (the
original was compiled on kernel 1.1.95 with GCC 2.6.2 and libc 4.6.27,
per the README file.)

I'll play around with it (and the new patch) a bit and if it looks 
useful, I'll upload a new *unofficial* version to the tapr site.

Bob N7XY

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 01:01:04PM +0200, Tomi Manninen wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
> > *somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
> > sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
> > could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
> > capability meet the spec.
> 
> FWIW, there is an axdigi-0.02.tar.gz at the old ax25 tools home
> at http://he.fi/. The patch I sent, was against this. I have absolutely
> no idea if this is the latest version or not...
> 

The binary in that package appears to run on my system running a 2.4.26
kernel (I had to install libc5 first).  I don't have any way to see if
it actually is functional, however.

Bob

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 09:56:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 01:01:04PM +0200, Tomi Manninen wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > 
> > > Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
> > > *somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
> > > sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
> > > could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
> > > capability meet the spec.
> > 
> > FWIW, there is an axdigi-0.02.tar.gz at the old ax25 tools home
> > at http://he.fi/. The patch I sent, was against this. I have absolutely
> > no idea if this is the latest version or not...
> > 
> 
> The binary in that package appears to run on my system running a 2.4.26
> kernel (I had to install libc5 first).  I don't have any way to see if
> it actually is functional, however.

I applied Tomi's patch and compiled on a 2.6.9 system (glibc/libc6
2.3.2).  This binary also runs on my 2.4.26 system.  I didn't have an
opportunity to try digipeating with it, however.  This revised version
(renumbered to avoid confusion) can be downloaded from:

ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/ax25/axdigi-0.03.tgz

73, Bob N7XY
 

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:26:14AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 09:56:00AM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 01:01:04PM +0200, Tomi Manninen wrote:
> > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Perhaps until Craig declares it obsolete this should be hosted
> > > > *somewhere* just to preserve access to the code.  Digipeating is
> > > > sometimes not recommended by some, but it would be nice if this code
> > > > could be updated if for no other reason than to have the Linux AX.25
> > > > capability meet the spec.
> > > 
> > > FWIW, there is an axdigi-0.02.tar.gz at the old ax25 tools home
> > > at http://he.fi/. The patch I sent, was against this. I have absolutely
> > > no idea if this is the latest version or not...
> > > 
> > 
> > The binary in that package appears to run on my system running a 2.4.26
> > kernel (I had to install libc5 first).  I don't have any way to see if
> > it actually is functional, however.
> 
> I applied Tomi's patch and compiled on a 2.6.9 system (glibc/libc6
> 2.3.2).  This binary also runs on my 2.4.26 system.  I didn't have an
> opportunity to try digipeating with it, however.  This revised version
> (renumbered to avoid confusion) can be downloaded from:
> 
> ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/ax25/axdigi-0.03.tgz

Oops, that should have been 

ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/axdigi-0.03.tgz

Thanks to SP1LOP for pointing out my error.

> 
> 73, Bob N7XY
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Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[Dave Stubbs]

Wilson G. Hein wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>  
>
>>>So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does simple,
>>>single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 2.6?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get
>>ax25digi at:
>>
>>ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz
>>
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>Actually, there's no file there with that name at all.
>
>Try without the 25, axdigi.tgz downloaded for me:-)
>
>I also could noit get it to compile, and get an error from the binary, and
>would love to have the this app working. Just no time to try myself.
>
>  
>
Uh,

But if you read my original post, you'll see that I had already tried 
axdigi, and asked if there was anything else.  Kinda odd pointing back 
to the same software then...

I guess the upshot of all this is that what people call "ax25digi" is 
not actually a separate piece of software from "axdigi", but it is 
actually the same thing, just poorly remembered.

Dave...
VA3BHF

Re: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[chuck gelm]

Dave Stubbs wrote:
> 
>>> So, after all that - is there a good program out there that does 
>>> simple, single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and works with kernel 
>>> 2.6?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> I'm not aware of any other non-APRS digi software, but you can get 
>> ax25digi at:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25/ax25digi.tgz
>>
>>  
>>
> Actually, there's no file there with that name at all.
> Dave
> VA3BHF

  Hmmm, there is an 'axdigi.tgz' at
ftp://ftp.tapr.org/software_lib/Linux/ax25

HTH, Chuck

RE: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software

[AE5PL Lists]

javAPRSDigi, a component of javAPRSSrvr, provides full APRS digipeater
capabilities and works with the Linux ax25 kernel support.  It is not,
however, a carte-blanc digipeater; only APRS.  You can obtain it for
free by contacting me directly at pete@ae5pl.net

73,

Pete Loveall AE5PL
mailto:pete@ae5pl.net  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Stubbs
> Posted At: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:46 AM
> Subject: Linux AX25 Digipeating Software
> 
> Is there any good, reasonably modern Linux Digipeater 
> software out there?  I've noticed that axdigi is still dated 
> 
> So, after all that - is there a good program out there that 
> does simple, single-port, layer 2, AX.25 digipeating and 
> works with kernel 2.6?