From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 5 3: 1:33 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B4C37B401 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:01:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk (chiark.greenend.org.uk [193.201.200.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDEA143FCB for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 03:01:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fanf@chiark.greenend.org.uk) Received: from fanf by chiark.greenend.org.uk with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 18qWeO-0002ub-00 (Debian); Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:01:28 +0000 To: tlambert2@mindspring.com From: Tony Finch Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of netns - politically correct version In-Reply-To: References: <3E6539B5.2F5D31B@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20030305084442.037e9fa0@gid.co.uk> Message-Id: Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:01:28 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > >Given that the current TCP/IP stack no longer matches the Stevens >books, and given that Stevens is too dead to update the books to >the new FreeBSD stack, even if he wanted to, it's useful to have >a relatively simple set of code that can be understood without a >book that's not getting written. Actually the Stevens books are still useful as a guide to the FreeBSD IP stack because they give the important overview and description of how the parts fit together. The details might be different but not enough to confuse a competent programmer. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch http://dotat.at/ ROCKALL MALIN HEBRIDES: CYCLONIC BECOMING WEST OR SOUTHWEST 6 TO GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9 IN MALIN AND HEBRIDES AT FIRST. SQUALLY SHOWERS. GOOD. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message