Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:38:16 +0000 From: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: jkh@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: token ring anyone Message-ID: <199507100938.JAA12786@whydos.lkg.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jul 1995 20:46:49 MDT." <9507100246.AA25273@cs.weber.edu>
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In <9507100246.AA25273@cs.weber.edu>, Terry Lambert writes:
> > Of course that still leaves the problem of doing source routing ...
>
> And LLC. But the LLC code could actually also be used for NetBIOS/SMB
> for LanMan, so it would have large usage -- it's just a bitch of a state
> machine. As was noted the last time Token Ring came up, much of the
> necessary code (minus some critical pieces) exists in the X.25/X.29 stuff
> that is/was in the source tree.
Having already done FDDI support (which requires LLC support), I can
flatly state that Terry overstates the problem. The LLC support is
trivial and can be stolen directly from my FDDI support.
Source routing (which is in the MAC header and has nothing to do with
LLC) is the main problem. It's messy but doable.
Matt Thomas Internet: matt@lkg.dec.com
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