[openbeos] Networking Status update
- From: Zenja Solaja <solaja@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jean Schwerer <j-schwerer@xxxxxxx>,Peter Morensen <apm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:06:19 +1000
Just a quick update as to whats been happening over the weekend - I've
downloaded the source to NewOS and lo and behold, it already has a mini
TCP/IP stack in the kernel. Its amazing how fast NewOS boots from floppy,
and I've prepared a PC for it. I've also purchased Linux Kernel Internals
(ISBN-0-201-87741-4), and I've ordered The Design and Implementation of the
4.4 BSD Operating System (ISBN-0-201-54979-4) which should arrive any day
now. I've also been trying to prepare the last X11 Konqueror-embedded
release, but I'm stuck with a bug in recvmsg() which I'll try to
circumnavigate. Once konq-embedded is out, I'll dedicate 100% of my efforts
to becoming intimate with NewOS.
Also, in reply to Daniel Reinhold and the OSNews article, I think everyone
is aware that source compatibility will be implemented first, and what
binary compatibility really means is arranging pointers to functions (within
the jump tables) for each library. Since we're only tackling the core kits
(kernel, networking and maybe storage), we would not be able to interface
with the other kits if we're not binary compatible (in other words, all
we're doing is beefing up NewOS). I dont see the jump tables being an
insurpassable obstacle, not as long as we can hex-dump and trace all calls.
We're still a year away from this issue, and we need to reach source and
functional compatibility first. We're heading in the same direction anyway,
so it shouldn't effect anything we do for the next year.
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