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| author | glebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-03-14 02:58:48 +0000 |
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| committer | glebius <glebius@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-03-14 02:58:48 +0000 |
| commit | d494babace1c51efd0d2c4582515a1e1ae5fa9d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 289644ca4a3bc9d349466888b297c5a34d00e321 /sys/netipx/README | |
| parent | a4fb4957a59109b80df9cabe72982fd067c6f5d1 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d494babace1c51efd0d2c4582515a1e1ae5fa9d2.zip FreeBSD-src-d494babace1c51efd0d2c4582515a1e1ae5fa9d2.tar.gz | |
Remove IPX support.
IPX was a network transport protocol in Novell's NetWare network operating
system from late 80s and then 90s. The NetWare itself switched to TCP/IP
as default transport in 1998. Later, in this century the Novell Open
Enterprise Server became successor of Novell NetWare. The last release
that claimed to still support IPX was OES 2 in 2007. Routing equipment
vendors (e.g. Cisco) discontinued support for IPX in 2011.
Thus, IPX won't be supported in FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/netipx/README')
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/sys/netipx/README b/sys/netipx/README deleted file mode 100644 index f324d9d..0000000 --- a/sys/netipx/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -$FreeBSD$ - -This protocol implements IPX/SPX over Ethernet_II frame type 0x8137. -Please note: the SPX implementation may require further work and testing -to insure proper operation. - -Mike Mitchell, Network Engineer -AMTECH Systems Corporation, Technology and Manufacturing -8600 Jefferson Street, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 (505) 856-8000 -supervisor@alb.asctmd.com - -John Hay -Some Company -Some Address -jhay@mikom.csir.co.za - -Adapted for multi-processor, multi-threaded network stack by Robert N. M. -Watson, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge. - ---- Copyright Information --- -/*- - -Copyright (c) 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993 -The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. - -Modifications Copyright (c) 1995, Mike Mitchell -Modifications Copyright (c) 1995, John Hay -Modifications Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Robert N. M. Watson - -*/ - ---- TODO --- - -(1) netipx default socket buffer sizes are very small by contemporary - standards, and should be increased following testing and measurement. - -(2) SPX will free the PCB and socket buffer memory on close(), which means - close() in effects terminates the transfer of any outstanding buffered - but unsent data. As with TCP, it should instead grab its own - reference to the socket so that it is not released, as hold onto it - until the data transfer is complete. |
