alex@aipna.ed.ac.uk (Alex Zbyslaw) (01/26/89)
Does anyone know if there is an implementation of ChaosNet (sp?) which
runs on Sun-4s? Failing that one that runs under 4.3BSD + NFS on a Vax,
or SunOs 4.0 on a Sun-3?
We may need to network a Symbolics machine and I'm assured that ChaosNet
is the most reliable networking software it runs.
Any pointers would be appreciated.
--Alex
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In article <493@aipna.ed.ac.uk> alex@eusip.ed.ac.uk (Alex Zbyslaw) asks: >Does anyone know if there is an implementation of ChaosNet (sp?) which >runs on Sun-4s? Failing that one that runs under 4.3BSD + NFS on a Vax, >or SunOs 4.0 on a Sun-3? I don't have one for Sun-4's, but I've had no difficulty porting an old (pre-4.2BSD) MIT Unix Chaosnet package to Sun-2's and Sun-3's. The only things that had to be fixed were (1) byte-ordering problems Some Chaos packets carry word data, and do so in a little-endian way. Also the Chaos packet headers were obviously designed by someone whose experience with big-endian machines was limited. (2) problems in using kernel mbufs for packet storage and reassembly. Sun has done a few things in the mbuf area, requiring some minor modifications to the Chaos code. As soon as I get Sun-4 source (not to mention a long-promised Sun-4 for my desk) I'll see about porting the MIT package to Sun-4's too. I should suspect that it would be even easier to port it to 4.3BSD on a Vax. The package used to be available via anonymous FTP from eddie.mit.edu, in the /usr/chaos directory. Some time back the folks on eddie blocked off /usr from anonymous access, though. Try appealing to root@eddie.mit.edu.... -- Robert S. Maier INTERNET: rsm@amethyst.ma.arizona.edu SNAIL: Dept. of Math.; Univ. of Arizona; Tucson, AZ 85721; USA PSTN: +1 602 621 6893 / +1 602 621 2617 BITNET: maier@arizrvax UUCP: ..{allegra,cmcl2,hao!noao}!arizona!amethyst!rsm