Re: Re: DN address in Kernel 2.2.12

[Patrick Caulfield <patrick@pandh.demon.co.uk>]

The recommendd way to set the DECnet address for Steve's new series code is to pass it on the kernel command line. eg from LILO:

append="decnet=1,2"

Note the comma rather than a full-point.

Patrick

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Subject:	Re: DN address in Kernel 2.2.12
Author:	"John C. Ellingboe" <john@guntersville.net>
Date:		 Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:10:32 +0000

Hello,

I may be getting just a little bit smart about kernel 2.2.12 and Linux-DECnet after all.  I have been playing with some of the echo to /procs statements.  It seems that you have to set the node name and maybe address before the default device will set.  Maybe some other things have to run first also because the default_dev did not take effect when the echo statements were added to my decnet file at S12decnet.

I created a file /etc/init.d/dnprocs and called it at /etc/rcS.d/S46dnprocs.  Everything shows up in the proper /procs and seems work properly now.

/etc/init.d/dnprocs

echo  "jcell" > /proc/sys/net/decnet/node_name
echo  "1.2" > /proc/sys/net/decnet/node_address
echo -n "eth0" > /proc/sys/net/decnet/default_device

Thanks a bunch to all of you that added to my education.  That proves that an old dog can learn new tricks after all.

-- 
John C. Ellingboe  -  KE4BPW
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