Re: [Linux-decnet-user] DECnet kernel module for CentOS?

[Steven W. <st...@ch...>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2013-02-28 at 11:32 +0000, Peter Allan wrote:
> I am trying to get DECnet working from a Linux system to an Alpha
> running VMS 7.3. I have succeeded in doing this from Fedora Core 14,
> which includes the kernel module decnet.ko, and downloading and
> building the dnprogs version 2.52.
> 
> However, my main Linux system runs CentOS 5.9. (I am in the process of
> moving to CentOS 6.3). My problem is that I cannot find the decnet
> kernel module for any CentOS 5 or 6 system. Can anyone point me to
> (ideally) the build kernel module or the source code for the module so
> I can build it myself.
> 
Since CentOS is a clone of RHEL, and RHEL doesn't ship/support DECnet
there is not an "official" module.

> An e-mail from Larry Baker a couple of weeks ago implies that the
> module does exist for CentOS 5.9 i386, hence my request to this group.
> 
Well, the code exists, so you can build the module if you build your own
kernel. It should just be a case of installing the kernel source package
and tweeking the config to turn it on, and then rebuilding the package,

Steve.