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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5534 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:48:20 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!not-for-mail From: eddy@aludra.usc.edu (George Edmond Eddy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: BSD Multicast on 386BSD? Date: 23 Dec 1992 16:13:34 -0800 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 41 Message-ID: <1havbeINNsn8@aludra.usc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu brad@FCR.COM (Brad Parker) writes: >I saw someone ask about about multicast extensions to 386BSD. I'm adding >them as we speak (looks very straight forward). I was wondering if I >was duplicating efforts? I sent email to the original poster [ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz.au]. I am currently doing it also, as matter of fact i'll have a built kernel by tonight i think (i'm doing this at home on my free time). It is pretty straight forward, mbuf's are the most significant difference between 4.3 and net2 that i can see (as far as compilation goes), this only shows up in a couple files. Unfortunantly, all i have to test with is the loopback until i can convince someone at work to let me use a 386, or can scrounge up a second machine for home. Oh well, it's not as bad as writting X apps on a vt100 8-). I have done this with out first speaking up in this group because this is my first attempt at doing anything *serious* in the kernel networking code, therefore would be inferior to what should be expected, until i had a chance to see if it actually worked. I'll be glad to help in any manner that i could be useful. BTW - i would be glad to hear/read about the differences between 4.3 networking and net2, other than a few structure changes, etc. >-brad >-- >Politically correct term for `corrupt': Ethically different, morally challenged >Brad Parker FCR Software, Inc., Boston, Ma. brad@fcr.com -- - rusty rusty@rockwell.com eddy@usc.edu