Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Path: nntp.gmd.de!dearn!esoc!linuxed1!peernews.demon.co.uk!uknet!info!iialan From: iia...@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: What's next for Linux? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: < D3FqIt.Fv0@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: n...@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: < 3g4m8l$s7h@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> < 3g6t13$o2n@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:42:29 GMT Lines: 23 In article < 3g6t13$...@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> d...@pitt.edu (Doug Dejulio) writes: >What about some experimental networking features? It would be nice to >be able to start experimenting with IPv6 soon. Network modularising is also on the 1.3 list (its a very big list!) but needs a bit of work. Since 1.3 is likely to end up with IPv4, DDP, AX.25 and IPX this will be useful. Please hack IPv6 BTW - someone needs to start doing that soon. >Maybe getting NetBEUI up to the level IPX is at now would be useful -- >but then again, since Windows95 is allegedly going to be able to do >everything over TCP/IP, maybe not. Well all you have to do is implement 802.2 LLC. I read the official docs for it and filed it in the 'I'd use DOS first' drawer. Alan -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iia...@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`--[Anti Kibozing Signature]-'`----------------------------'' One two three: Kibo, Lawyer, Refugee :: Green card, Compaq come read me...
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Path: nntp.gmd.de!dearn!esoc!linuxed1!peernews.demon.co.uk!uknet!info!iialan From: iia...@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox) Subject: Re: What's next for Linux? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iifeak.swan.ac.uk Message-ID: < D3FqM7.FwF@info.swan.ac.uk> Sender: n...@info.swan.ac.uk Organization: Institute For Industrial Information Technology References: < 3g4m8l$s7h@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> < 3g6sbe$bho@library.erc.clarkson.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 17:44:31 GMT Lines: 19 In article < 3g6sbe$...@library.erc.clarkson.edu> komar...@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Mark 'Enry' Komarinski) writes: >There will always be something for Linux to do. Some of the networking needs >fine-tuning (but not as much), larger base of supported hardware, Quite a lot actually.... My current feel is the rest of tcp.c needs a rewrite, IP fragmentation needs a rewrite, the buffer management needs a rewrite, the ICMP layer needs cleaning up, the socket layer needs work, UNIX sockets need rewriting... Some of this is queued ready for 1.3.x and in a testable state, but plenty more needs doing yet to meet all the RFC's cleanly and properly. Alan -- ..-----------,,----------------------------,,----------------------------,, // Alan Cox // iia...@www.linux.org.uk // GW4PTS@GB7SWN.#45.GBR.EU // ``----------'`--[Anti Kibozing Signature]-'`----------------------------'' One two three: Kibo, Lawyer, Refugee :: Green card, Compaq come read me...