Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 05:55:29 +0000 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: Brian Tao <taob@io.org>, Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@tetard.frmug.fr.net>, hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Howto: Sun 3's as X Terminal Message-ID: <1981.828510929@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Apr 1996 11:39:33 PST." <96Apr2.113936pst.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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> In message <Pine.NEB.3.92.960330185544.11704D-100000@zap.io.org>you write: > >> NOTE: Since Sun 3's use old 4.2BSD networking code, they have the bad habi t > >> of broadcasting on .0, not .255 > > > We've got 3/50's, 3/60's and 3/280's here running the Xkernel and > >our boot server is using .255 as the broadcast address without any > >apparent trouble. > > I bet your boot server is running code earlier than > > src/sys/netinet/ip_input.c > > 1.33 Thu Dec 21 21:12:22 1995 by wollman > Diffs to 1.32 > > Delete old-style-broadcast-address compatibility cruft in IP input path. > If users want to use the old-style broadcast addresses, they will have to > currectly configure their systems. > > > I wonder if this should be made an option for those who want to run boot > servers for old suns. It should have been. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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