From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick Ouellette Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.24.3 patches for AX25 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:21:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20080328162140.GC22445@flying-gecko.net> References: <4791CC2F.5060307@ccr.jussieu.fr> <47926437.3020005@exemail.com.au> <47928684.8090108@ccr.jussieu.fr> <47B2292A.7020001@free.fr> <47B22D82.1060206@exemail.com.au> <47B30AC4.9050306@earthlink.net> <47C07B3B.4000700@free.fr> <47CD71B7.6060606@earthlink.net> <47D3B37C.5050901@free.fr> <47EC2AC6.7020509@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47EC2AC6.7020509@free.fr> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bernard Pidoux F6BVP Cc: List for LINUX ROSE/FPAC network switch , List for the LINUX version of FBB , linux-hams On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:16:22AM +0100, Bernard Pidoux F6BVP wrote: > > Hi All, > > Participating in AX25, ROSE, FPAC, and LinFBB debugging, I want to share > with you the recent progress accomplished with Linux kernel. > > While the code is not yet fully debugged, there have been significant > progress and I summarized them into two patches that, when applied to > kernel 2.6.24.3, lead to a much more stable system. > > The two patches must be applied one after the other. > > First one is here : > http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/ax25/patch-2.6.24.3-net_rose_ax25 > > I have already reported it to a few OMs running FPAC application. > It was here : > http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/rose-fpac/patch-2.6.24.3.ax25.tgz > > Do not try to apply the first patch if the original kernel source have > been already patched. > > Second patch is here : > http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/ax25/patch-2.6.24.3-net_rose_ax25_plus_plus > > I am running patched kernels on three different architectures with AX25 > applications and the systems are quite stable. > One of them has even a core2 duo CPU and the kernel was compiled with > SMP option for multiple CPUs. > Could you share what particular problems the patches address? Maybe send the changelog entries to the list? Thanks & 73, Pat NE4PO -- Patrick Ouellette pat@flying-gecko.net ne4po (at) arrl (dot) net Amateur Radio: NE4PO "Crank the amp to 11, this needs more cowbell - and a llama wouldn't hurt either" "Your arguments are an odd mix of overly optimistic on one side and overly pessimistic on the other"