From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265127AbTGKTH2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:07:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265110AbTGKTEc (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:04:32 -0400 Received: from hq.pm.waw.pl ([195.116.170.10]:63647 "EHLO hq.pm.waw.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265100AbTGKTDT (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 15:03:19 -0400 To: Alan Cox Cc: Marcelo Tosatti , Kevin Curtis , lkml Subject: Re: Why is generic hldc beig ignored? RE:Linux 2.4.22-pre4 References: <7C078C66B7752B438B88E11E5E20E72E25C978@GENERAL.farsite.co.uk> <003101c34712$a9b8f480$602fa8c0@henrique> <1057914760.8028.27.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: 11 Jul 2003 20:00:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1057914760.8028.27.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox writes: > 2.4.21 has much older code than the current stuff (which has been in -ac > for a while). As I understand it the new hdlc layer needs newer tools ? Yes, this is the same new tool that is required for plain 2.4.21 and -ac and for the last patch as well (not yet applied by you, BTW it's http://hq.pm.waw.pl/pub/linux/hdlc/hdlc-2.4.21pre5-ac3-1.14.patch or ftp:// the same, production-tested = you can apply it safely). 2.4.20 used older sethdlc tool but in practice all users were already using the newer tool + kernel patch. The last patch (1.14) contains few small bug-fixes and new Ethernet framing for HDLC and FR. There are no incompatible ABI changes (i.e. older sethdlc binary works with new kernels, but you of course need new tool for new features) after the "big" switch in 2.4.21pre. -- Krzysztof Halasa Network Administrator