This is another discussion we got into quite some time ago.  If you don't have
anything to offer that isn't stated in the mailing-list archives, then please
let this thread die.  We don't think that we should have to re-explain the aims
of the project once a month.

Elmar Haneke wrote:

> > > Another feature to think about is implementing an TCP/IP interface
> > > directly as Win4Lin does. This should result in significant better
> > > performance once the Guest-OS drivers are written.
> > That'd restrict what one can do inside the VM quite a bit though.  I know a
> > fair number of people who use VMWare to run different versions of NetWare
> > for development or demonstration purposes - without an emulation of some
> > sort of NIC, plex86'd be useless for such things.
>
> Both ideas are worth to be implemented. For some applications an
> emulated LAN-Card is better for others an modified TCP/IP is
> preferrable.
>
> Elmar

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Drew Northup, N1XIM




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