Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:23:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: pjchilds@imforei.apana.org.au (Peter Childs) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: summary of changes my changes in current recently Message-ID: <199607121623.JAA09743@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199607120831.SAA01187@al.imforei.apana.org.au> from Peter Childs at "Jul 12, 96 06:01:23 pm"
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According to Peter Childs: > In article <199607112114.PAA02542@rocky.mt.sri.com> you wrote: > : > Just so that people have some sort of idea what The folks here at whistle > : > (including me) have been doing. (In -current). > : > These have been put back in FreeBSD so they are now generally available. > : > > : > 1/ added kernel level support for appletalk-over-ethernet > : > > : > 2/ added support for the above in netstat, route, ifconfig > > : .... > > : > Re: Appletalk.. Whistle Communications has agreed to supply > : > the netatalk crew with a freeBSD machine, so I hope that in > : > the future, netatalk releases will be native-ports on FreeBSD-current. > : > I expect that Wes will be supplying me with direct -current patches > : > both for the kernel parts and for the daemons themselves. > : > With luck the kernel support for appletalk will also be relevant to > : > the CAP camp. > > : Wonderful. How do I use it to talk with the Macs in the office, or is > : this another one of those 'enabling' technologies that's 90% of the way > : there. :) > > Its all getting there... CAP works ok at the moment via bpf's and you > can check out a "getting started" guide on CAP and FreeBSD (2.1+) > at > > http://www.imforei.apana.org.au/freebsd/freebsd+cap/ > > : nate > > Regards, > Peter > Peter, I don't think you understand Nate's point. Julian integrated the required *kernel changes* from the netatalk program. He did not commit the other essential parts of netatalk to -current; i.e., the daemons and manpages. The questions is ``Can I retrieve netatalk-1.3.3.tar.gz from umich.edu; compile atalkd; and expect it to magically work with Julian's changes?'' (Atalkd is the Appletalk daemon.) Nate's point is that Julian's effort left out the most important 10%. PS: The last time I checked netatalk outperformed CAP. -- Steve
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