Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ANNOUNCE: [PATCH] Rewritten AX.25 for 2.3.9 | Date | Wed, 07 Jul 1999 21:38:13 +0200 | From | Joerg Reuter <> |
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Dirk,
> I have to say that, whilst in no way wishing to stifle innovation, we are at > a crossroads in development of both the kernel and the ax25 utilities. > > Is now the time to be doing this?
It's now or never. The new code solves several long-standing problems (Matthias will gladly explain what the details) and improves the performance significantly. Besides, it does not change much (if anything at all) that will affect the ax25 utilities.
> Should we not now be concentrating our efforts on making the 2.2.x series of > kernels stable and complete so that they can at least do everything that the > 2.0.x kernels can do - but better?
The 2.2.x kernel AX.25 does almost everything the 2.0.x version does, with the exception that the axctl functions are broken (which are a debugging aid for AX.25 hacker, anyway).
And, folks: Kernel 2.3.x is a *developer version*. It currently has severe stability problems regarding the filesystems. Use at your own risk, your mileage will vary, etc pp.
Joerg Reuter http://poboxes.com/jreuter/ And I make my way to where the warm scent of soil fills the evening air. Everything is waiting quietly out there.... (Anne Clark)
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