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Re: compilation error fix to freebsd stack
Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2004-04-21 at 12:56, Nick Garnett wrote:
> > Øyvind Harboe <oyvind.harboe@zylin.com> writes:
> >
> > > Found these while trying to run the freebsd_net stack w/PPP.
> > >
> > > freebsd_net compiles, but PPP is missing some include files with this
> > > stack.
> >
> > Do you mean the OpenBSD stack? Note that all guarantees are off if you
> > are trying to use the PPP code with the OpenBSD stack. The original
> > PPP code came out of the same version of BSD as the FreeBSD stack and
> > has only ever been tested with that stack. There may be all sorts of
> > incompatibilities.
>
> is the openbsd_net stack obsolete, or does my patch still apply?
I think we would like to see the OpenBSD net stack become
obsolete. The FreeBSD stack has more functionality and is the focus of
all current development. I'm not sure whether there are still people
using the OpenBSD stack, but it's really only there now for backward
compatibility.
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Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect
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