Re: netatalk and dummy patch for 2.1.29

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 28 Mar 1997 23:18:33 +0000 (GMT)


> here's a patch that i've sent to alan that didn't get into 2.1.30. i
> thought it might be useful for other people as well. it's to 2.1.29,
> but it should work without much difficulty in 2.1.30 as well.

Rejected

> 1) adds multicast to the dummy module's nefarious
> capabilities. i did this so that i could test out appletalk
> on my unconnected machine.

Fix atalkd dont bugger up the kernel with unneeded code

> 2) fixes ddp.c so that you can now kill atalkd and restart it
> without problems. it also adds the appropriate module
> increment/decrement stuff so that you don't accidentally
> free the module while interfaces are still being
> used. finally, it plugs a potential low-memory hole in
> device creation.

The atalk path you submitted contains a bizzare piece of code for handling
some ports differently. Rejected as well. The inc/dec one will get in over
time.

I know about the module inc/dec stuff but since 2.1.x+modules+SMP is less
stable than a gas oven full of nitroglycerine I'm not currently doing
anything but logging modules issues for persual when the rest of the
problems are knocked out