ax25-tools-0.0.10-rc2 : no netrom device attached

Hi,

nrattach does not create any nr# device despite a success message :

ax25-tools-0.0.10-rc2]# netrom/nrattach -m 236 netbbs NET/ROM port netbbs bound to device nr2

ifconfig does not show any nr device !

Investigating nrattach source file revealed that a conditional compile instruction was added.

Actually, #ifdef instruction included in nrattach.c prevents a call to startiface() funtion to be compiled. This is because "notdef" is actually not defined by default.

I don't know exactly why this was added in nrattach source file but, to keep backward compatibility with previous versions, the proposition should be reversed, i.e. #ifdef replaced by #ifndef.

The new code would look like the following :

#ifndef notdef
	if (!startiface(dev, hp))
		return 1;		
#endif
	printf("NET/ROM port %s bound to device %s\n", argv[optind], dev);

However, if notdef is defined somewhere, there will be again no netrom device created, but a false success message will still be displayed.

I don't really understand the purpose of this.

73 de Bernard, f6bvp