18 Mar
2019
18 Mar
'19
8:32 p.m.
Since many on this group have the peculiar knowledge
on AX.25,
on amateur packet radio and related stuff, it could be effective
and proficient to re-compact the efforts to support, repair,
improve and revamp the linux kernel, the NET/NOS and so on.
The problem with code in the kernel is that it is very difficult to get any improvements
available
to the user. Assuming that not everyone wants to compile their own custom kernel from
source,
you need to get the improvements implemented in the standard kernel and then you have to
wait
until the distribution(s) of choice add this new fixed kernel into their distribution.
Then you have to
wait until this distribution is widely used by the users.
This can easily take a year, maybe more! And when you discover problems or want to make
additions
the cycle starts again. Worse: when others make changes and break things, it takes a long
time
before this impacts users and then again a long time to fix it.
So the approach really should be to take the stuff out of the kernel. Or maybe move it
into an
indepently developed loadable kernel module, maybe via dkms or so.
Rob