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["David Reid" <dreid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The stuff we have for R5 and in fact the exitsing tree won't be going
anywhere, but slowly I hope to start moving code from the tree  into the new
openbeos tree. What's in net_kit will simply stop being maintained I guess.

I agree about the debugging, but that mainly applies to new code/ideas such
as the PPP stuff.

Eventually we will have to bite the bullet and debug our code in the new
tree though :(

david
----- Original Message -----
From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: [openbeosnetteam] Re: Kernel move... [LONG]


> [R5 replacement network driver]
> > That has NEVER been a desire of the project. I realise certain people
> > here
> > have wanted it, but that's never been a target of my work. If people
> > really
> > feel strangly about it they can fork and finish things themselves. I
> > really
> > don't mind people doing that but would caution them to the effort
> > involved.
> > select still doesn't work correctly despite all your efforts (amazing
> > though
> > the work you've put in is) and fixing that will take some time I
> > suspect.
> > Also PPP and the related protocols still need to be finished.
>
> Before you move to far away from R5, I would recommend to inspect what
> the new platform offers us in terms of debugging.
> That's not only because I don't want to waste my work that's gone into
> the userland server, having improper debugging tools and to reboot all
> over can seriously slow down development and be discouraging over the
> long run :)
>
> I admit I would really like to see a new (and working) networking stack
> on R5, but since it's so near (and also a good testing platform), I
> think it would be stupid to neglect that opportunity.
>
> Adios...
>    Axel.
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