From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 9 02:53:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA27982 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 02:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail13.digital.com (mail13.digital.com [192.208.46.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA27977 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 02:53:03 -0700 (PDT) From: garyj@frt.dec.com Received: from cssmuc.frt.dec.com by mail13.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.2/1.0/WV) id FAA00384; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 05:42:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by cssmuc.frt.dec.com; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/14Nov95-0232PM) id AA22005; Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:42:13 +0200 Message-Id: <9608090942.AA22005@cssmuc.frt.dec.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: Peter Mutsaers Cc: questions@freebsd.org, isdn@muc.ditec.de In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Mutsaers of 08 Aug 96 08:02:25 +0200. Reply-To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Subject: Re: BISDN & FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 09 Aug 96 11:42:13 +0200 X-Mts: smtp Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. --- Gary Jennejohn (work) gjennejohn@frt.dec.com (home) Gary.Jennejohn@munich.netsurf.de (play) gj@freebsd.org