From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Apr 13 09:33:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA12807 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA12802 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 09:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dbws.etinc.com (db@dbws.etinc.com [204.141.95.130]) by etinc.com (8.8.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA22300; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 12:39:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970413123120.006cce20@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 12:31:25 -0400 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , jbryant@tfs.net From: dennis Subject: Re: question about X.25 drivers Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 03:16 PM 4/12/97 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> Can anyone tell me anything about the BSD X.25 drivers, and whether or not >> they are usable? > >They are not usable. They may have been at one time, but they have >rotted through disuse. > >> I am interested in possibly adding a AX.25 kernel-level driver... > >By all means! > >> This is the second time I have posted a message on this topic, and am >> wondering if the first one was read? > >Probably, it's just that X.25 is about as popular and interesting a >topic for most folks as a paper tape driver, hence the lack of >response. :-) Thats about as informed an opinion as I'd expect from unix geeks! :) X.25 is the most popular protocol in the world...still. Sorry to break it to you. db