From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 3 23:13:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEF2A1530B for ; Tue, 3 Aug 1999 23:13:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.196.12]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.61) with ESMTP id AAB71E2; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:12:36 +0200 Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by daemon.ninth-circle.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA63402; Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:00:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:00:52 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Peter Jeremy Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What's new in Linux 2.4 Message-ID: <19990804080051.A63150@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <99Aug4.074640est.40321@border.alcanet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.3i In-Reply-To: <99Aug4.074640est.40321@border.alcanet.com.au>; from Peter Jeremy on Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 08:05:57AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Peter Jeremy (jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au) [990804 01:13]: > Jordan recently mentioned "Wonderful World of Linux 2.4 (Second > Edition)" . > > This article makes the statement "Linux is still the only operating > system completely compatible with the IPv4 specification", which is > further expanded in a followup article by : > . > > Does anyone know what Joe and Soren are talking about here? I was > under the impression that BSD (probably 4.3BSD) was the Reference > Implementation for IPv4. Where does FreeBSD differ from the relevant > RFCs? I think that Linux is not fully compliant. Mayhaps it is nowadays, but the last time I delved around there were some problems regarding ARP, some ICMP [which was recently fixed IIRC] and a few others which I cannot remember from the top of my head though... I think some other people in here might elaborate some more. The point with the RFC's are the MAY, SHOULD and MUST keywords. One can be fully compatible and yet miss a lot of features. Oh wait, we're talking Linux here. Hmm, then the features will be present. -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best Cum angelis et pueris, fideles inveniamur. Quis est iste Rex gloriae...? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message