Subj : Re: ax.25 kernel stack
To   : N1uro
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Dec 26 2021 08:57 pm

-=> On 12-25-21 16:42, N1uro wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 N1> Hello Tony;

 Vk> (there was really no choice in the 1.2.x days ;) ).

 N1> I recall those days... not only did you have to compile your own for
 N1> ham protocols, but also you had to compile in your NIC drivers as well.
 N1> It's sort of funny in a parallel way that the way kernels and installs
 N1> were back then compared to say RPi newbies is like comparing DOS and
 N1> making programs in Debug vs new Windows 10 users!

Yep, you had to compile in all of the options for your hardware, and there was
a certain CD-ROM driver that you did NOT want to include, unless you actually
had that drive, because the driver would take ages to try, before finally
quitting.  Modules were a godsend.

 N1> ... Heroes \hee'-rhos\: what a guy in a boat does.

:D


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