[Dxspider-support] Connecting DX spider to TNC

[Stephen Atkins]

Thanks for the info.  I'll see what I can do with it.  I could always 
switch it over to an x86 box.  Lord knows I have enough of them around.

Stephen
VE6CPU

On 2019-06-25 2:50 p.m., Rob Roschewsk via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Yes ......
> http://www.dxcluster.org/main/installation_en.html
> Specifically chapter 3 ....
> 
> But be forewarned ... there seems to a KERNEL BUG related to 
> MULTIPROCESSOR support in the ax25 code. On an inbound connect the 
> kernel panics .... completely repeatable.  I'd need to go back and look 
> for some forum posts but it was something to do with spinlocks. If I 
> configure the Pi to use only one cpu the problem goes away.
> 
> I also tried to configure the Pi to do a CRASH DUMP but never got far 
> with that either. A lot of the LOW LEVEL tools I'm used to are not fully 
> implemented on the ARM Distros.
> 
> I beat on it for a while about a year ago .... doesn't look like anyone 
> is maintaining the kernel AX25 code anymore.
> 
> -> Rob, KA2PBT
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:26 PM Stephen Atkins via Dxspider-support 
> <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello everyone.
> 
>     I've tried searching around but my Google-fu is not working today.  I'm
>     looking at using my RPi and the TNC-Pi hat so I can connect to my DX
>     Spider.  Mostly would be used for when I'm in the field and with out an
>     internet connection.  Just wondering if there are any documents or
>     how-to's for this?
> 
>     Thanks.
>     Stephen
>     VE6CPU
> 
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