Re: got an ipx kernel oops if anyone wants it...

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Fri, 4 Apr 1997 10:32:03 -0800 (PST)


>
> You're using ipx_configure --auto_<insert parameters here>, aren't you?
> Don't. Use 802.3 as a frame type; it encompasses 802.2 and EtherII.
> This is probably not the problem, but anything's possible.....
>

That's odd? What Novell calls "802.3" is really a unique,
Novell-specific frame type, which is different (but, mostly by pure
dumb luck, distinguishable) from both IEEE 802.2 and DIX Ethernet II.
If Linux does something different in "802.3" mode, it probably should
be renamed "all" or something...

-hpa