Re: 2.4.0-prerelease, AX25 problems

Hans Grobler (grobh@sun.ac.za)
Mon, 1 Jan 2001 17:32:31 +0200 (SAST)

On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, f5ibh wrote:
> I've just compiled and tested 2.4.0-prerelease. My AX25 (hamradio) system does
> not work with this new release. There is a timing problem. When a fram is sent
> on the air, the frame is VERY long (switched off by the watchdog of my drsi
> card) and contains no data. On this point of vue, the previous test version was
> right.

Is the "previous test version" you talk about 2.4.0-test13-pre7? There
weren't any changes since then that could explain this, except maybe:

> Gnu C 2.95.2

The minimum required gcc for 2.4 is now 2.91.66. However, AFAIK 2.95.5 was
considered suspect at one point.

-- Hans

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