Re: RSX-11M V4.2 -> Linux 2.3.40 testing

["Zane H. Healy" <healyzh@aracnet.com>]

>"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
>> OK, I finally got my problems with the 2.3.40 kernel and decnet "solved".
>> I seem to need to manually set the default device and node address manually
>> after the system comes up.
>>
>> Tests so far:
>> 1. RSX-11M -> Linux crashed PDP-11
>> 2. RSX-11M -> Linux worked!
>> 3. Linux -> RSX-11M
>> 4-? Linux -> RSX-11M
>>
>
>This looks pretty much like a 'pool' shortage. I can't tell the exact
>way to figure out, but there's a small booklet called
>'decnet troubleshooting' somewhere around my shelves.
>It covers both RSX and VMS (early versions < 5).

If it was a pool shortage, wouldn't a connection to the PDP-11 fail when
you connect from VMS?  I should have mentioned that still works I guess.

In all honesty being able to now connect to Linux from the PDP-11 was a
pleasent surprise, it's worked every time except the first when it crashed
the PDP-11.  Overall the behavior with the 2.3.40 kernel is a *LOT* nicer
than under 2.2.14!

I don't know if you'd noticed the posts on the results I had with it,
whichever of the two boxes was connected to would crash.  It was really
wierd doing a 'SET HOST' to the Linux box and having the Linux box crash!

			Zane
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