[Linux-decnet-user] troubles with kernel 2.4.18 ?

[Lionel T. <lio...@fr...>]

Hi all,

Last week, i've got troubles with a decnet connection between a VAX 4000-60 
and a Linux 2.4.18 with a recent dnprogs tools installed (version 2.23.2). It 
was in fact impossible to communicate between these two nodes ("dnping" on 
Linux side and "loop node ..." on the VAX side) both connected with a BNC 
cable :

* VAX 4000-60 (OpenVMS 6.1)
* End node : 45.100

and

* LINUX SuSE 8.0 with a 2.4.18 kernel
* Kernel side : NET 4: DECnet for Linux: v2.4.15-pre5s
* End node : 45.200

At the beginning, i guessed that it was a stupid network tuning problem but 
with the tcpdump tool, i realised that a lot of decnet packets (hello 
packets) were in fact generated from the VAX into Linux box without any 
response. On the contrary, no packets were generated from the Linux side 
despite dnping command.

Intrigued, i installed a new version of the SuSE (8.2) with a 2.4.20 kernel 
(NET 4: DECnet for Linux: v2.4.20-pre1s), and (thanks Linux hackers!) the 
communication is now fully correct (the dnping/LOOP commands works greats).

So, my question is : is there a problem with Linux Decnet on 2.4.18 kernel (or 
SuSE flavour) or it's an another problem ?

Thanks by advance,
Lionel Tricon