From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Jakobsen Subject: Re: [xfbb] Good news : AX25 is working with 2.6.14-3 kernel Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 16:18:15 +0100 Message-ID: <4391B737.7050706@c.dk> References: <438B674E.7030100@sm6tpn.mine.nu> <4390E8BF.7070902@ccr.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4390E8BF.7070902@ccr.jussieu.fr> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-hams 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 > _______________________________________________ > xfbb maillist - xfbb@f6fbb.org > http://mailman.f6fbb.org/mailman/listinfo/xfbb > > 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