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

[Patrick C. <pa...@ty...>]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:13:04PM +0000, Lionel Tricon wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 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 ?

I don't know how distros build their kernels, but I seem to remember hearing
that the Red Hat kernels shipped with a broken DECnet simply because they had
enabled all the options rather than actually reading what they meant :-)

This may have been the case with earlier SuSE kernels but I can't say for sure.

Thanks for letting us know though, it's worth knowing things like that for
future reference.

-- 

patrick