Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:40:13 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: kevin godfrey <kevin@ticktockman.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Linux using BSD TCP/IP stack? (was: Actual Microsoft Question (Was: Re: Microsoft Bashers)) Message-ID: <20010808114013.E78395@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3B70270B.34BAD6D@acuson.com>; from djohnson@acuson.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 10:36:11AM -0700 References: <009301c11e4a$3f560620$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <3B6FCF84.DA6E5177@ticktockman.com> <3B70270B.34BAD6D@acuson.com>
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On Tuesday, 7 August 2001 at 10:36:11 -0700, David Johnson wrote: > kevin godfrey wrote: > >> So as I see it, most of the major operating systems TCP/IP implementations are >> based on BSD. If I recall correctly, didn't Linux adopt the BSD stack not too >> long ago? Or am I mistaken? > > IIRC, Linux used to use the BSD stack, but they have reimplemented it in > 2.4x. Why? I don't know. It wasn't broken, so I can only guess > embarassment was the cause. No, AFAIK Linux never used BSD code. It seems they were concerned about the BSD wars of the time. And last time I looked at it (earlier this year), it was still very different. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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