Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 22:25:18 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@mikom.csir.co.za> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-hackers) Subject: IPX now available Message-ID: <199510112025.WAA11913@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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Hi, OK the ipx code is at ftp.internat.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD.local/ipx.tgz In there is a README file that describe how to get it going. If I have forgotten something please yell. :-) How do the core-team feel about making IPX part of the FreeBSD distribution? John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za > I have a working IPX that I derived from the XNS (/sys/netns) code in FreeBSD. > We use it mostly for routing. I have changed ifconfig and netstat to understand > IPX and build IPXrouted with IPX RIP and SAP support. > > I didn't do SPX because we did not need it and I only changed the ed ethernet > driver because we use SMC cards. It only works for Ethernet II and not the > 802.3 ethernet protocol that Novell used as a default for a long time. > > There is minimal changes to the kernel. There is about 3 files (device drivers > excluded) and sys/netipx that is new. > > If you want it, I will clean it up a bit and put it somewhere for ftp. >
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