On Oct 24, 2023, at 10:50 PM, John Forecast
<john(a)forecast.name> wrote:
Sometime around mid-2022 the Linux kernel developers decided to remove the DECnet code
from the Linux
kernel. Kernel 6.0.x was the last release which included source code for a DECnet
implementation. More
recently, there has been some discussion around removing the code from the Long Term
Support kernels.
These changes mean that the repository I have been maintaining at
<https://github.com/JohnForecast/RaspbianDECnet> can no longer be installed on
recent releases.
Over the past year or so, I have been working on a replacement for this repository with
the following
characteristics:
- Designed to be built as an external kernel module
This simplifies and speeds up the installation since we no longer need to rebuild the
entire
kernel. ...
Can this also be installed on older kernels where DECnet is still in the kernel source
tree, or does it only work for 6.1 and later?
My BeagleBone runs Debian, kernel 5.10.168, so can I try it there or should I build a
custom kernel with its DECnet enabled instead?
paul