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Subject: Re: [heads up] axing AppleTalk and IPX/SPX
From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de>
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Hi, all,

Am 28.10.2013 um 17:49 schrieb drosih@rpi.edu:
> I notice that CAP was removed from the ports collection some time ago,
> and that there didn't seem to be any objections to that.  So that's
> some more indication that appletalk isn't seeing much use.

I=92d guess the main reason is that Apple and Novell had enough =
foresight
to make their proprietary file sharing and printing protocols run over =
IP.
And for Apple this has been the case, since when? System 7.5.? Earlier, =
even?

I=92m curious what it is your are running in sufficient numbers to make =
Appletalk
mandatory?

> As far as the kernel-level support, I assume you're just removing all
> the code tied to the kernel options NETATALK and NETATALKDEBUG?  Or =
does
> it entail some other changes, which might wreck my custom compile of =
CAP?

IIRC - and I used to use CAP a lot - it uses BPF to get the interface =
into promiscuous
mode and does all of the protocol itself. So as long as the upcoming =
changes do not
touch the BPF API, you should be fine.

Kind regards
Patrick
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