[HECnet] DECnet for Linux Bug Fixes

[Johnny Billquist]

Hi.

On 2020-06-30 02:45, John Forecast wrote:
> Recently I have found, and fixed, a number of bugs in the DECnet for 
> Linux kernel module. Some of
> these bugs may be relevant for members of this mailing list who are 
> using DECnet for Linux,
> especially on a Raspberry Pi.

Cool.

> New programs:
> 
> NML2
> 
> New implementation of the Network Management Listener. Supports SUMMARY, 
> STATUS
> and CHARACTERISTICS for NODES, CIRCUITS and AREAS. It does not support LINKS
> and OBJECTS which were in the old version but are system specific 
> operations which
> were only visible from DECnet-VMS systems.

Um. No. OBJECTS are also there in RSX. And I wonder if you mean LINES 
when you wrote LINKS. And LINES are also in RSX. Not sure there are some 
other systems that also have those types. But they are definitely not 
VMS only... And OBJECTS are actually rather relevant everywhere, it's 
just not that all systems make them visible. I would say it's actually 
nice and useful if they can be shown. LINES are also relevant, but it 
does depend a little on the implementation.

   Johnny

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