From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 08:55:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21094 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:55:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.zilker.net (jump-x2-0118.jumpnet.com [207.8.61.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA20999 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 08:55:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marquard@zilker.net) Received: (from marquard@localhost) by localhost.zilker.net (8.8.8/8.8.3) id KAA00862; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:53:06 -0600 (CST) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring References: <199802251614.LAA17104@shell.monmouth.com> From: Dave Marquardt Date: 25 Feb 1998 10:52:34 -0600 In-Reply-To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter's message of "Wed, 25 Feb 1998 11:14:27 -0500 (EST)" Message-ID: <851zwr39v1.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> Lines: 25 X-Mailer: Quassia Gnus v0.22/XEmacs 19.16 - "Lille" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill/Carolyn Pechter writes: > Which is why I ran Linux while inside IBM and FreeBSD elsewhere. > Token Ring is needed for many environments. Johnson & Johnson's running > Token Ring, most mainframe shops with IBM are Token Ring, just as most > DEC and other mini shops went ethernet. I run FreeBSD inside IBM and at home, and use RS/6000s to gateway to token ring. > I think FreeBSD should consider expanding its support in this area. > FreeBSD should look at itself as a great legacy gateway. Well, "FreeBSD" isn't any sort of organization that hires people to do things like this. If the FreeBSD community wants token ring, someone will stop forward and write the appropriate drivers. It hasn't happened yet, so the FreeBSD community isn't very interested or there isn't anyone in the FreeBSD community interested enough in writing the code who feels they have the right skills to do the job. If you feel FreeBSD should expand into Token Ring, go for it. I would do it if I felt I had the time, but working on TCP/IP code all day at work, I don't really feel like writing Token Ring drivers in my spare time. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message