Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:56:35 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Stefan Bethke <stefan@promo.de> Subject: Re: Network stack assumptions Message-ID: <199808120756.AAA01257@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:44:46 BST." <XFMail.980812004446.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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> > On 11-Aug-98 Mike Smith wrote: > >> Okay, can the kernel cope with a device hanging off a USB port or > >> integrated into the motherboard or a PCI card which provides wireless > >> LAN capabilities with mutliple protocols running on it? > > > > Not as it stands, no. By this I mean that we have no protocol support > > for these devices, however the infrastructure is there to handle this. > > Good, I brought it up as there was a section in the SWAP spec. where <NDA>mumble > company</NDA> said their new OS doesn't have this capability. Our stack is designed for multiple protocols, and the infrastructure exists for connection-oriented and connectionless application interfaces. > These technologies aren't going to hit the streets for a couple of years yet and > as they are literally industry standards who knows how "Open" they will be. Lets > hope that we don't get into an I2O situtation. Indeed; I expect these standards to go somewhere. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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