Date: Fri, 09 Aug 96 11:42:13 +0200 From: garyj@frt.dec.com To: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, isdn@muc.ditec.de Subject: Re: BISDN & FreeBSD Message-ID: <9608090942.AA22005@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> of 08 Aug 96 08:02:25 %2B0200.
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plm@xs4all.nl writes:
> Hello,
>
> On the ISDN list I asked about sync PPP for BISDN. Someone told me
> that it would be implemented soon for NetBSD (no modem emulation
> coming alas).
>
> Then I asked about FreeBSD, and he said that work was only for NetBSD,
> but that someone can port it to FreeBSD. It requires a modified kernel
> PPP and PPPD.
>
> My question: is someone tracking BISDN and porting it to FreeBSD? Any
> chance of sync PPP on ISDN available anytime soon?
>
as soon as it's released we'll take a look at incorporating it. I can't
say right now what the impact will be, I don't know how NetBSD's kernel
ppp differs from FreeBSD's, if at all. Can't do much before it's
available.
>From your question it almost sounds like you don't think that BISDN
runs under FreeBSD. It was developed under FreeBSD and then ported to
NetBSD.
I think you really should have sent this to the isdn list. Most readers
of questions could care less about ISDN.
> As much as I hate it, but I'll have to install Linux tonight since
> that is the only system I can really use with my new ISDN connection.
>
Life is tough. I'm no operating system chauvanist, use whatever works
best in your situation.
> This is a good example of how extremely counterproductive the BSD
> splits are, and that although Linux is much less clean, the large
> numbers are a big advantage: much more hardware support and software
> available. It just never hit me personally until now.
>
wrong, this is a good example of how multiple groups with more hackers
get things done. {Net,Free,Other}BSD aren't so far apart that it's not
possible to benefit from each other's work. With Linux it's a different
story; it is too different for us to easily import new stuff.
---
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(home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de
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