Re: changes in plip.c 2.2 to 2.3

Ely Wilson (plexus@ionet.net)
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:57:22 -0500 (CDT)

I set all arguments myself when using route. I explicitly set teh netmask
to 24 bits and *that* is why I notice dthat the netmnask on teh device
(from ifconfig) was showing a 32bit netmask.

I studied the plipc source through and noticed that it really would have
nothing to do with deriving a nm.

%--* ely

> > WHat chanegs were ther made between plip.c 2.2 and 2.3 (besides parport
>
> The changes make the driver SMP-aware. That is, avoid using cli/sti but
>
> It seems that the problem you mentioned is about routing table. You
> need to add the route by yourself in recent kernel (if I remembered
> correctly, it is automatically added in old kernel). I think that

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