From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 6 09:26:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA28020 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:26:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cioeserv.cioe.com (cioeserv.cioe.com [204.120.165.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA28015; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 09:26:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from steve@localhost) by cioeserv.cioe.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id LAA25850; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:27:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 11:27:33 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Ames Message-Id: <199608061627.LAA25850@cioeserv.cioe.com> To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.org, steve@cioeserv.cioe.com Subject: Re: Token Ring Support Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > Please feel free to write TR support for us :-) > > > Translation: Use Linux for this one. Got it. > > The problem is that none of the core developers (that I am aware of) > have access to TR networks, so support for TR isn't very easy for us > to do. If someone who DOES have access to a TR network and wants > support for TR in FreeBSD, I suggest they contact hackers@freebsd.org > (or core@freebsd.org at a push) and offer to help, as without outside > help, this is going to be a sticking point. Wasn't being upset, your answer was legitimate and was what I needed. I have the same problem with TR. I just had a sudden need to support TR (read, for work) and needed a decisive answer about FreeBSDs support of TR. Once the answer was received I built my first Linux machine and happily passed it on to the customer. > (I myself only use 10bT/100bT ethernet and sync. serial at work, and I > would have a hard time justifying getting a TR testbed just for me to > play with) Ditto. And no one is going to run TR at home (I have 10bT just like most of the rest of us). *shrug* I'm not pushing for TR support, there are far more things I'd rather have in FreeBSD than TR support. -Steve