From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 19:48:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA19551 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:48:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pyrl.eye (ppp-37.isl.net [199.3.25.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA19356 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:48:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ortmann@sparc.isl.net) Received: (from ortmann@localhost) by pyrl.eye (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA19465; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:47:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ortmann) From: Daniel Ortmann Message-Id: <199802260347.VAA19465@pyrl.eye> Subject: Re: Token Ring In-Reply-To: <199802251455.PAA10915@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from Luigi Rizzo at "Feb 25, 98 03:55:37 pm" To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 21:47:18 -0600 (CST) Cc: pechter@shell.monmouth.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, kpneal@pobox.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Which is why I ran Linux while inside IBM and FreeBSD elsewhere. > > Token Ring is needed for many environments. Johnson & Johnson's running > ... > > I think FreeBSD should consider expanding its support in this area. > > the point is, there is no "FreeBSD" company or individual, and most > -hackers or core team happen to live in a better world and not have > interest (or perhaps) time to invest in developing token ring drivers > (whic means also hunting documentation etc. etc.) I'll scrounge all the token documentation possible from inside IBM for anyone volunteering to build a driver. (A colleague is running some ported apps on L___x. I'd like to see FreeBSD on that box instead.) I'll also volunteer to test it as much as possible. -- Daniel Ortmann 507.288.7732 (h) ortmann@isl.net 2414 30 av NW, #D 507.253.6795 (w) ortmann@vnet.ibm.com Rochester, MN 55901 "PERL: The Swiss Army Chainsaw" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message