Re: Kernel 2.2.x with PXES-0.9?

Dear Steffen,
Thank you very much for your comments.
With reference to your inquiry, I would undoubtedly advise you to try
the kernel 2.2.x path first. It should be simpler than porting the old
driver to kernel 2.4 or 2.6.
Although, a number of things needs to be taken into account to downgrade
PXES kernel.
I've been working with some companies that also need Token Ring support
and it could be managed in most of the cases. On the other hand
resurrecting those old stuff seems a perfect match for PXES.
Should you be interested in a customization project to support your
hardware and to suit all of your requirements don't hesitate to contact
me in private (diego at pxes dot org).

Kind regards.
 
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 07:23, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> first of all - REALLY neat stuff, PXES.
> 
> But then, if there wasn't a catch, i wouldn't ask for advice here ;-)
> Problem we're facing here is as follows:
> A couple of offices will be switched to PXES roundabout March/April (we
> expect to have about 500 clients running PXES by the
> end of the year) , and the networking infrastructure is still based on
> TokenRing.
> Now, Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 got support for a couple of TR cards, unfortunately
> for two models (Olicom 3137 and 3140), only a driver for
> the 2.0 and 2.2 series exists.
> My reasoning is that it should be much easier to get PXES running with an
> older kernel than trying to port the driver code to a newer
> kernel release.
> I even took an attempt to build an image, but startup fails with 'unable to
> open an initial console'.
> Suggestions are highly appreciated!
> Thx,
> 
> Steffen Elste
> 
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