Re: [xfbb] Good news : AX25 is working with 2.6.14-3 kernel

[Erik Jakobsen <oz4kk@c.dk>]

Bernard Pidoux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the first time using a 2.6 kernel I have been able to run an AX25 
> application using 2.6.14-3 kernel, All previous attempts with 2.6 
> kernels had failed...
>
> I can use "call" program through an AXIP link to connect a remote BBS.
>
> My previous semi success where limited to a 2.4 kernel, but it was not 
> very stable,
>
> My 24h/7d BBS-ROSE/FPAC switch / DxNet node station keeps on running on 
> a 2.26 highly stable kernel for years. (updated Mandrake 7.2).
>
> On my test machine I am using a Mandriva Linux 2006 here on a PIII 500 
> MHz PC (distributed with kernel 2.6.12).
> I have compiled and installed kernel 2.6.14-3 from kernel.org with 
> hamradio ax25, rose, netrom and mkiss compiled as modules.
> I can modprobe AX25, MKISS, ROSE.
>
> libax25, ax25-tools and apps had been previously compiled after some 
> #include modifications on an earlier 2.6 kernel.
> See here : 
> http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/Kernel-2.6-AX25-patchs/ax25-tools-0.0.8-kernel2.6.diff
>
> For AX25 over IP encapsulation I start a tunnel with :
> /usr/sbin/kissattach -l -m 256 /dev/pty/m0 0 44.151.75.15
> 0 is the first port declared in /etc/ax25/axports like this :
> 0 F6KFA-6 115200 256 4 Linux (AXIP)
>
> Then I run ax25ipd
> /usr/sbin/ax25ipd
>
> While in file /etc/ax25/ax25ipd.conf the device declaration for the 
> other part of the tunnel is :
>
> device /dev/pty/s0
>
> Ifconfig shows me that ax0 port has been created.
>
> I can then use call to connect a BBS or remote ROSE/FPAC AX25 node.
>
> Up to now, ROSE/FPAC is not working and makes the system crash.
> I will try to find the reason and the try to run the F6FBB BBS.
> See here a usefull patch :
> http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/rose-fpac/axlib.h.diff
>
>
> By the way, I found very usefull to set
>
> echo > 10 /proc/sys/kernel/panic
>
> to make the machine reboot 10 sec after a kernel crash.
>
> 73 de Bernard, f6bvp
> http://f6bvp.org
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>   
Hi Bernard.

Do you think that this kernel can be used ?:
Linux lajka3 2.6.13-15-default #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 i686 
athlon 
i386                                                                            
GNU/Linux

Erik OZ4KK