From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:47:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:47:40 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:2828 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:47:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:47:29 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Alexandre Hautequest Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: IPX in 2.4.[5-9] Message-ID: <20010820214729.F14353@conectiva.com.br> Mail-Followup-To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Alexandre Hautequest , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <998343425.3b818301718cd@webmail.fesppr.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <998343425.3b818301718cd@webmail.fesppr.br>; from hquest@fesppr.br on Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:05PM -0300 X-Url: http://advogato.org/person/acme Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 06:37:05PM -0300, Alexandre Hautequest escreveu: > What's the actual IPX support in linux? Is it broken since 2.4.7? Or i no, it had bugs before for SMP configs and even for UP in some cases 8) > just need to recompile my tools against a new kernel version -- the old > ones was compiled in a 2.4.5 -- with any patch, option, whatever? nothing as far as IPX is concerned > hquest@condor:~$ dmesg > (snip) > IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc. > IPX Portions Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Conectiva, Inc. you forgot the most important line, the version > hquest@condor:~$ /sbin/ifconfig -v eth0 > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:F8:08:BD:A1 > inet addr:172.16.40.2 Bcast:172.16.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 > IPX/Ethernet 802.2 addr:AC100000:0000F808BDA1 > (snip) > hquest@condor:~$ slist > slist: Server not found (0x8847) in ncp_open > hquest@condor:~$ _ > > Not flaming anyone, just questioning. I see ;) But Petr, that is the maintainer for ncpfs has already answered, please do what he asks you to do, as the above message is mostly related to ncpfs than to IPX. If the problem persists and you think that is IPX related, please let me know and I'll take a look, but I haven't received other reports related to what you describe here. - Arnaldo