John Andersen wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2006 22:38, John Andersen wrote: >> For no reason I can think of my machine jumped up and loaded ax25 >> I wasn't even at the machine at the time, and have no clue what thats >> for (other than it seems to be for Armature Radio). >> >> I get these entries in messages : >> Dec 18 20:38:47 pen kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 4 >> Dec 18 20:38:47 pen kernel: ax25: module not supported by Novell, >> setting U taint flag. >> Dec 18 20:38:47 pen kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 3 >> Dec 18 20:38:47 pen kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 5 >> >> It didn't do this at boot time, and grepping my logs shows that it >> loads this very infrequently, like once every 5 or 8 days. >> What's up with that. > > Ok, answering my own question.... > > Launching Kget causes it to load and (and use) ax25. > (and appletalk). > > As soon as you shut kget down thost > two modules become unused. > > What's THAT all about?
Can't answer that, but AX25 is not just for Amateur Radio, it is also used extensively in the airline industry, specifically by the reservation systems. /Per Jessen, Zürich who's done a lot of AX25 work in the past. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
