DecNet / Linux

E. Groenenberg ed at groenenberg.net
Wed Jul 3 13:31:51 CDT 2019




On Wed, July 3, 2019 18:52, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 7/3/19 7:05 AM, E. Groenenberg via cctalk wrote:
>> Kernel 2.6.32 was the last one to activly support Decnet.
>
> What does "actively support" mean?
>
> I got DECnet working in 2.6.38 with everything I tested.
>
> I got DECnet working to a lesser degree with 3.<something>.
>
> (I can boot VMs and get specific versions if people want them.)
>
> I'm also happy to test things if people want me to.
>
>
>
> --
> Grant. . . .
> unix || die
>

>From what I have been able to find out, 2.3.36 was the last 'official'
release supporting DecNet.
It's good to hear that later release work fine with it (even if it
is to some point).

Maybe it was silently maintained by others later on, who knows?


Ed
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