Re: Looking for comparison data on network stack prowess

2001-01-31 Thread Andi Kleen
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Someone in .de (Alas I forget their name now) actually did port BSD net/2 to > Linux. Matthias Urlichs iirc He also later implemented a minimal STREAMS clone on Linux for his ISDN stack. [and today Linux is reinventing non shouted streams with netfilter.

Re: Looking for comparison data on network stack prowess

2001-01-31 Thread Alan Cox
> Linux did not steal the BSD stack. I recall that Alan Cox > politely asked UCB to have it under the GPL, and was refused. Start with the right history then Ross Biro did the original Linux networking code. At the time the 386BSD code was potentially useful but two things occurred 1. I as

Re: Looking for comparison data on network stack prowess

2001-01-27 Thread Albert D. Cahalan
David Ford writes: > I'm looking for some authoritative comparisons and discussions of the > current network stacks in *BSD and Linux. I.e. NET4 in Linux and > whatever is most current in *BSD. > > _PLEASE_ no flaming, no causing flamewar, nadda. > > I am writing an article for Linux.com and I

Looking for comparison data on network stack prowess

2001-01-27 Thread David Ford
I'm looking for some authoritative comparisons and discussions of the current network stacks in *BSD and Linux. I.e. NET4 in Linux and whatever is most current in *BSD. _PLEASE_ no flaming, no causing flamewar, nadda. I am writing an article for Linux.com and I am attempting to debunk longstan