Date: Mon, 10 Jul 95 19:57:52 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: matt@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Cc: jkh@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: token ring anyone Message-ID: <9507110157.AA29272@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <199507100938.JAA12786@whydos.lkg.dec.com> from "Matt Thomas" at Jul 10, 95 09:38:16 am
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> > > 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. This is a general implementation? I was unaware that one was publically available before now... if it's a full implementation, then never mind, the source routing *is* the problem. > Source routing (which is in the MAC header and has nothing to do with > LLC) is the main problem. It's messy but doable. Like the LLC, I think the source routing can also be stolen: from IPNG, which has been implemented for FreeBSD. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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