Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 18:50:22 +0100 (CET) From: hm@kts.org (Hellmuth Michaelis) To: jhbuhrman@lucent.com (Jan-Hein Buhrman) Cc: hm@kts.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Invalid ref in FreeBSD_HandBook/Advanced_Networking/ISDN/ISDN_Cards Message-ID: <m0yBkDO-00023RC@bert.kts.org> In-Reply-To: <9803051601.AA07539@hzsbg01.nl.lucent.com> from Jan-Hein Buhrman at "Mar 5, 98 05:01:09 pm"
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Jan-Hein Buhrman wrote: > The FreeBSD handbook section about ISDN cards references an URL which > doesn't exist anymore: `ftp://hub.freebsd.org/pub/bisdn'. > > I couldn't find the correct location (perhaps I need to download > `ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ls-lR.gz', to find out the correct > location, but that's so big). > > Perhaps somebody can fix the HandBook and/or point me to the correct > location. Bisdn is now obsolete and will be no longer maintained - it has been replaced by isdn4bsd, i'll append the README which should contain all the info you need: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISDN4BSD ======== ALPHA Version 0.42 / February 1998 written by: Hellmuth Michaelis Hallstrasse 20 D-25462 Rellingen voice: +49 4101 473574 fax: +49 4101 473575 email: hm@kts.org with the help and support of many, see file ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING ! CAUTION ! ==================== This is currently ALPHA level software ! In case you are not able or willing to debug and fix it yourself and give feedback in terms of patches and comments to the developer(s), do not even think about installing it and remove it from your mass storage device(s) immediately. Do not install this in production environments unless you are able to to debug it yourself ! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ! ====================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: --------- 1. Disclaimer 2. What is ISDN4BSD ? 3. Which BSD's are supported ? 4. NetBSD and ISDN4BSD 5. Where do i find documentation for ISDN4BSD ? 6. How do i install ISDN4BSD ? 7. Where do i get support for ISDN4BSD ? 8. How can i help and/or support ISDN4BSD ? 9. How do i report bugs ? 10. Is there a mailinglist available for ISDN4BSD ? 11. Where can i get ISDN4BSD ? 1. Disclaimer: -------------- It may be illegal to connect an ISDN4BSD based machine to the ISDN at your site because ISDN4BSD has not been approved by the telecommunication certification authority of your country. If in doubt, please contact your local ISDN provider ! THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 2. What is ISDN4BSD ? --------------------- ISDN4BSD (or in short i4b) is a package for interfacing a computer running FreeBSD to the ISDN. The only ISDN protocol currently supported is the BRI protocol specified in I.430, Q.921 and Q.931; better known as DSS1 or Euro-ISDN. ISDN4BSD allows you to make IP network connections by using either IP packets sent in raw HDLC frames on the B channel or by using synchronous PPP. For telephony, ISDN4BSD can answer incoming phone calls like an answering machine. 3. Which BSD's are supported ? ------------------------------ FreeBSD: I only run and develop under released FreeBSD versions, this means that i currently use FreeBSD 2.2.5 for development of ISDN4BSD. Gary usually has FreeBSD current up to date and running, so ISDN4BSD is expected to run on FreeBSD-current. NetBSD: Martin has NetBSD/i386 1.3 running and is supporting ISDN4BSD for that platform when his time permits it. OpenBSD: Currently unsupported. Providing support for it should be easy [ hint: convert all "#ifdef __NetBSD__" occurences to "#if defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)" and half of the required work has been done ;-) ]. Noone of the current isdn4bsd developers run OpenBSD, so the port has to be done by someone actually running OpenBSD. 4. NetBSD and ISDN4BSD ---------------------- The NetBSD specific support and the Diehl driver was written by Martin Husemann, (martin@rumolt.teuto.de). Since i do not intend to run NetBSD and/or Diehl cards, i suggest contacting him in case of problems in this two areas. 5. Where do i find documentation for ISDN4BSD ? ----------------------------------------------- There are manual pages available which are part of i4b, please read them (hint: try "apropos isdn4bsd"). Further there are installation instructions in the file INSTALLATION (uder the FreeBSD and NetBSD directories) and some other docs in the misc directory. If you are looking for something which is not documented, you are lucky because you have the sources to look at. 6. How do i install ISDN4BSD ? ------------------------------ Read the instructions in the file {FreeBSD|NetBSD}/INSTALLATION. In case they are incomplete, wrong or outdated, please send me an update for inclusion into a future distribution. 7. Where do i get support for ISDN4BSD ? ---------------------------------------- I will support and help with ISDN4BSD as my time permits it. Please keep in mind that in this case support is given on a voluntary basis and your questions might not be answered immediately. Also, i recommend subscribing to the mailing list mentioned below. Due to the experience gained supporting the predecessor of ISDN4BSD, let me please clearly state that there is no guarantee that your bug will be fixed within some specific amount of time, in fact there is no guarantee that your bug will be fixed at all; i'll do my best but there might be more important things going on in my life than giving free support for ISDN4BSD. Some bugs seem to occur only in certain environments and are not reproducable here without access to the equipment you are connected to or other equipment like PBX simulators: in this case you are the only person being able to trace down the bug and fix it. In case you want payed support, maintenance, enhancements or extensions to ISDN4BSD, it is possible to hire me for reasonable rates though my employer; in this case please contact me for details at hm@hcs.de. 8. How can i help and/or support ISDN4BSD ? ------------------------------------------- I'd really like to hear from you. I'm open for suggestions, bugreports, fixes, patches, enhancements and comments to improve ISDN4BSD. Please direct everything else to /dev/null or start writing your own ISDN package. ISDN4BSD is a project on a voluntary basis but writing and supporting communication systems like ISDN4BSD costs money and much time. Any contribution in terms of equipment, cards, documentation, cash and/or daytime payed work on ISDN4BSD would be highly appreciated. You can help by not only reporting bugs, but by sending in a patch for the problem together with a bugreport. In case you cannot fix something yourself, please describe your problem as detailed as possible, include information which version of an operating system you are running, which ISDN board you are using, to which kind of ISDN equipment (like the brand of PBX) you are connected etc. etc. In case you want to get a currently unsupported card supported, write a lowlevel driver for it yourself and submit it. In case you can't write it yourself there is a good chance to get it supported if you can donate one of those cards and - if at all possible - docs for it. 9. How do i report bugs ? ------------------------- Please submit patches ONLY as context diffs (diff -c)! I vastly prefer receiving bug fixes and enhancements that are clearly differentiated. I don't always know what to do with large patches that contain many bugs and enhances folded into the same context diffs. Please keep it to one fix or enhancement per patch! If your change modifies the external interface of an ISDN4BSD module, i.e. more config options, command-line switches, new programs, etc., then please also include patches for the manual pages and documentation. Incomplete and/or undifferentiated patches will greatly lower their priority for consideration! Thank you! 10. Is there a mailinglist available for ISDN4BSD ? --------------------------------------------------- There is a mailing list available at freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org The list is maintained by majordomo, so i.e. to subscribe, send a mail with the text subscribe freebsd-isdn in the message body sent to majordomo@freebsd.org 11. Where can i get ISDN4BSD ? ------------------------------ The ISDN4BSD package is available from: isdn4bsd@ftp.consol.de/pub -------------------------- you have to log in as user isdn4bsd -------- and give your mail address as the password. Then change to the "pub" directory. Anonymous ftp as user "ftp" or "anonymous" will NOT (!) give the desired result ! This is a sample session: $ ftp ftp.consol.de Connected to stage.consol.de. 220 ProFTPD 1.0.0 Server (ConSol* Data Exchange) [stage] Name (ftp.consol.de:root): isdn4bsd 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd pub 250 CWD command successful. ftp> You will find the ISDN4BSD packages with the following naming conventions: i4b-RR.VV-{alpha|beta|rel}-DDMMYY.tgz for example: i4b-00.30-alpha-200298.tgz an alpha release from Feb, 20 1998 i4b-00.50-beta-200398.tgz a beta release from March, 20 1998 i4b-01.00-rel-290299.tgz a release from Feb, 29 1999 Have fun, hellmuth [ PS: if you like and use isdn4bsd, please send me a postcard :-) ] /* EOF */ hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis hm@kts.org Hamburg, Europe "Those who can, do. Those who can't, talk. 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