Re: decnet versions

[Ed Calderon <ecc@cypress.com>]

I tried compiling 2.3.38 but could not get it to boot, I saw an E-mail
that 2.3.39 did not compile well.

Where is a known compilable/bootable  2.3.39?

Zane, what particular 2.2.x do you have, I can not connect to my pdp
11/73...and what patch are you using Eduardo's or steves (where from)?


>>If you've a chance to get the crash dump from Linux, can you find out
>>which function it was in when it crashed ? The whole stack back trace
>>would be more useful still.. ?
>
>I can probably get it to do it again.  What info do you need, and how
do
>you get it.  Just write down the info on the screen?
>
>If you need some tests run on this I should be able to manage it.
>
>>Also I should take the oppertunity to point out that that code in the
>>2.3.xx kernel series, is much more recent (the 2.3.39 patch being the
>>latest) than that in the 2.2.xx series. I has the choice of back
porting
>>the bug fixes and code I had written to 2.2.xx, or producing
something>>much better in time for 2.4.xx. I chose the latter (due to
time constraints),
>>so if 2.2.xx doesn't work, try 2.3.xx with all the usual warnings
about
>>expecting crashes etc. with development kernels :-)
>
>I've been tempted, but I've been staying away from the bleeding edge
as>I've learned to value stability :^)
>
>				Zane
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