Re: [PATCH] SMP fix for 6pack driver

[Chuck Hast <wchast@gmail.com>]

On 7/4/05, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> wrote:
> Drivers really only work well in SMP if they actually can be selected.
> This is a leftover from the time when the 6pack drive only used to be
> a bitrotten variant of the slip driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle DL5RB <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> 
>  Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-cvs/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-cvs.orig/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig 2005-05-20 12:29:58.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-cvs/drivers/net/hamradio/Kconfig      2005-07-04 18:23:17.000000000 +0100
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
> 
>  config 6PACK
>         tristate "Serial port 6PACK driver"
> -       depends on AX25 && BROKEN_ON_SMP
> +       depends on AX25
>         ---help---
>           6pack is a transmission protocol for the data exchange between your
>           PC and your TNC (the Terminal Node Controller acts as a kind of
> 
> -
Ralf,
Does 6pack still only handle 1 tnc under Linux or have you got it to do
a ring of TNC's like the DOS one does? Sure would like to see that on
Linux, would cut cost for us where we have multiple TNC's and want to
use a simple machine.


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Chuck Hast 
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