gamiddleton@thunder.UUCP (Guy Middleton) (12/03/84)
Does anybody know if there is anybody working on putting the Decnet
protocols into 4.2bsd? I have been considering trying this myself, but it
doesn't look too easy...
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Guy Middleton, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont.
..{allegra,clyde,decvax,utcsrgv}!watmath!thunder!gamiddletonphil@amdcad.uucp (12/09/84)
> Does anybody know if there is anybody working on putting the Decnet > protocols into 4.2bsd? I don't know about 4.2bsd but I hear rumors that Ultrix32 will have it soon. (that is, if you run Ultrix32 you can talk decnet but DEC will likely not sell you source to the decnet code so you can stick it into your 4.2bsd kernel) -- I'm not a programmer, I'm a hardware type. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA
schoff@cadtroy.UUCP (Martin Lee Schoffstall) (12/13/84)
> > I don't know about 4.2bsd but I hear rumors that Ultrix32 will have > it soon. (that is, if you run Ultrix32 you can talk decnet but > DEC will likely not sell you source to the decnet code so you can > stick it into your 4.2bsd kernel) > It will be using the socket abstraction. This was chosen for the purpose of getting a product out quickly. marty schoff@cadmusv.ARPA
joe@fluke.UUCP (Joe Kelsey) (12/18/84)
> I don't know about 4.2bsd but I hear rumors that Ultrix32 will have > it soon. (that is, if you run Ultrix32 you can talk decnet but > DEC will likely not sell you source to the decnet code so you can > stick it into your 4.2bsd kernel) > Phil Ngai (408) 749-5790 I just got back from DECUS and I can answer these questions: 1) DECnet support for Ultrix-32 will be announced in the Spring. They demonstrated it at DECUS and I talked extensively with the author about it. It looks like a good product, although I would rather that VMS ran TCP/IP better... 2) DEC will sell you Ultrix sources fro about $7500. This is under the standard source poicy which means you can use it internally, but not externally. If you have DECnet on Ultrix, why bother porting it to 4.2 (re-inventing the wheel?) Of course, you are free to do whatever you want with it as long as you don't give it to anyone else. This is the same as the current AT&T licenses. /Joe