Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-02 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 1 February 2001, at 17 h 8, the keyboard of Gordon Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This program is arbitrarily changing MAC addresses? Sounds odd. DecNet v4 always worked that way. MAC addresses are constructed from level-3 addresses, so it needs no ARP.

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Thursday 1 February 2001, at 17 h 8, the keyboard of Gordon Sadler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This program is arbitrarily changing MAC addresses? Sounds odd. DecNet v4 always worked that way. MAC addresses are constructed from level-3 addresses, so it needs no ARP. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:12:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet > > cards > > in the system (requiring a reboot). > > Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Yeah, I would think bringing the interfaces down

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread kimo_sabe
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:08:22PM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > > I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 > > kernel, > > is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 > kernel, > is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in > the > startup script and a note in the description? > > Another

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 10:12:56AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards > > in the system (requiring a reboot). > > Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Yeah, I would think bringing the interfaces down and

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread kimo_sabe
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:08:22PM -0600, Gordon Sadler wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > > I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, > > is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Gordon Sadler
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 02:54:34PM +, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, > is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the > startup script and a note in the description? > > Another thin

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread sharkey
> Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards > in the system (requiring a reboot). Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Eric

Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Caulfield
I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the system

Re: Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread sharkey
> Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards > in the system (requiring a reboot). Why do you need to reboot just to change the MAC? Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Depending on 2.4

2001-02-01 Thread Patrick Caulfield
I'm currently packaging the DECnet progs and they are dependant on a 2.4 kernel, is there any recommended way to enforce this or should I just put a check in the startup script and a note in the description? Another thing it does is to change the MAC address of any/all ethernet cards in the syste