At this point, I haven't actively worked on the ricochet hardware in 10 years. If there's a problem with it working, it will be exploring a whole new set of problems at that time.
Thanks for tracking it this long. On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 01:51:18AM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the net-tools package: > > #163117: net-tools doesn't support newer 128Kbps ricochet modems > > It has been closed by Mart??n Ferrari <[email protected]>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Mart??n Ferrari > <[email protected]> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 163117: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=163117 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact [email protected] with problems > From: Mart?n Ferrari <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 03:49:01 +0200 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Closing old bug > > There was no response to my request from 7 years ago, so I think this > can be closed now :) > > -- > Mart?n Ferrari (Tincho) > > From: "Jeff Goeke-Smith" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:10:24 -0400 > To: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <[email protected]> > Subject: net-tools doesn't support newer 128Kbps ricochet modems > > Package: net-tools > Version: 1.60-4 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch upstream > > The net-tools package doesn't support the 128Kbps ricochet modems when > in strip mode. With the addition of the GS, GT, and Merlin cards for > Ricochet, the hardware address format changed. The included patch > updates the strip.c file in net-tools/lib/ so as to appropriately > support the longer hardware addresses. An associated kernel patch > is also necessary for support of the modern ricochet modems. This > patch appears to remain backwards compatable with older ricochet > modems that have the original hardware address format. > > The included patch was derived from the patches included in section 8.4 > of http://phobos.illtel.denver.co.us/~abelits/metricom/ . The patch > located there was for net-tools-1.57. The patch for 1.57 didn't apply > automatically, so I have hand applied this patch to the 1.60 tree and > confirmed that it works. > > Patch follows. > > --- strip.c.orig 2002-09-26 21:17:36.000000000 -0400 > +++ strip.c 2002-09-26 21:43:49.000000000 -0400 > @@ -42,19 +42,30 @@ > pr_strip(unsigned char *ptr) > { > static char buff[64]; > - if(ptr[1]) > - sprintf(buff, "%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x", *(ptr+1), *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), > - *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)); > - else > + if(*ptr) > + { > + sprintf(buff, "%01x%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x", ((*ptr) & 0xF) ^ 0xF, > + (*(ptr+1)) ^ 0xFF, *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), > + *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)); > + }else{ > + if(ptr[1]) > + { > + sprintf(buff, "%02x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x", (*(ptr+1)) ^ 0xFF, *(ptr+2), > + *(ptr+3), > + *(ptr+4), *(ptr+5)); > + }else{ > sprintf(buff, "%02x%02x-%02x%02x", *(ptr+2), *(ptr+3), *(ptr+4), > - *(ptr+5)); > - return buff; > + *(ptr+5)); > + } > + } > +return buff; > } > > static int > in_strip(char *bufp, struct sockaddr *sap) > { > int i,i0; > + char tempbuf[2]; > MetricomAddress *haddr = (MetricomAddress *) (sap->sa_data); > > > @@ -69,15 +80,26 @@ > if (bufp[i] != '-') > return -1; > > - if(i-i0 == 2) > + if(i-i0 == 3) > { > - haddr->c[1] = strtol(&bufp[i0], 0, 16); > - i++; > - if(bufp[i] == 0) return -1; > + tempbuf[0] = bufp[i0]; > + tempbuf[1] = 0; > + haddr->c[0] = (strtol(tempbuf, 0, 16)) ^ 0xF; > + haddr->c[1] = (strtol(&bufp[i0+1], 0, 16)) ^ 0xFF; > + i++; > + if(bufp[i] == 0) return -1; > }else{ > - haddr->c[1] = 0; > - i=i0; > + if(i-i0 == 2) > + { > + haddr->c[1] = (strtol(&bufp[i0], 0, 16)) ^ 0xFF; > + i++; > + if(bufp[i] == 0) return -1; > + }else{ > + haddr->c[1] = 0; > + i=i0; > + } > } > + > haddr->c[2] = strtol(&bufp[i], 0, 16) >> 8; > haddr->c[3] = strtol(&bufp[i], 0, 16) & 0xFF; > > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: testing/unstable > Architecture: i386 > Kernel: Linux phobos 2.4.19 #9 Sat Sep 14 14:22:53 EDT 2002 i686 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C > > Versions of packages net-tools depends on: > ii libc6 2.2.5-14.3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > > -- no debconf information > > -- Jeff Goeke-Smith [email protected] Infrastructure Design Michigan State University -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
