[FADCA] Re: FPAC and kernel 2.6

[Chuck Hast]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:22:49 +0100, Bernard Pidoux
<pidoux at ccr.jussieu.fr> wrote:
> Chuck,
> 
> >>Chuck Hast wrote:
> >>
> >>>Bernard,
> >>>Will there be a update to the FPAC source so it can compile on 2.6?
> >>>I have tried it here with this kernel on SuSE 9.1 and get errors.
> >>>

I am replying to the above list because there is interest in this on
all of them.
Also several here are working on a bootable CD that will allow either the
running of the FPAC switch off of the CD with the proper parameter storage
or to use the cd to build a fpac switch on a HD or other storage.


> 
> I have made some progress with 2.6 kernel.
> Actually I have now an AX25 system working with FPAC 3.25, ax25ipd and
> DxNet.

This is good I assume that this machine is the one I connect to with the
IP link?
> 
> It is connected to the outside world via Internet through a router and
> also to my actual ax25 radio machine via LAN.
> 

OK, I guess not. I will get mine connected  back and take a look at it.

> I had to modify ax25-apps-0.0.6, libax25.0.0.11 and fpac325 but it was
> only a matter of changing some #define headers.
> 
> However I put some additional code into ax25ipd io.c routine in order to
> manage Unix98 standard pseudo tty master-slave pairs. The reason is that
> there is no more devfs pseudo tty but now we have a single master
> /dev/ptmx that will create a slave /dev/pts/0, 1, ...or n device when
> opened.
> 
> Still, I consider this ax25ipd version only alpha code that needs to be
> tested and more cleanly programmed, as I am only an amateur in
> programming too.
> 
> 73 de Bernard, f6bvp.
> 
> p.s. Your fpac node IP does not respond for a few days. Did you turn it
> down ?


We have been moving and re-organizing the lab and the switch is off the
air for a few days until we get it all orderly. This whole thing had turned
into one great mess. Now it is looking much better, I will have to re-route
some wiring to get it back on line, but will probably work on it over the
weekend.

I will be busy for the next two weeks doing a coverage study so will not be
seen much here, but Bud, Charlie(s) (there are two of them) and several
others are working on different facets of this network and any pointers or
ideas would be much desired. Also feel free to join out list at
www.fadca.org (make sure you use org and not com or you may see
something you do not want to see!!) There is a lot of work going on for
using both FPAC and WinLink2k to handle emergencies, we have found
from our hurricanes that we are still at the forfront when it comes to handling
disasters.

-- 
Chuck Hast 
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."