From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB Subject: Re: What were the reasons of having IP address at AX.25 interfaces ? Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:50:48 +0100 Message-ID: <20080331215048.GB21500@linux-mips.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Matti Aarnio Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 08:04:17PM +0200, Matti Aarnio wrote: > Can anybody remember, why AX.25 interfaces in Linux kernel are > enforced to have IP addresses by tools such as KISSATTACH ? A while ago I was curious myself for why that is needed and dug into the CVS history. I found the IP address wasn't always enforced and the commit message didn't really explain why the change was needed. 73 de DL5RB op Ralf --- DL5RB / M0LRB / AB1IN Loc. JN47BS / CQ 14 / ITU 28 / DOK A21 Packet: DL5RB@DB0FHN.#BAY.DEU.EU