Re: [Linux-decnet-user] In the mid 80s through 2000s

[Larry B. <ba...@us...>]

James,

Do you have any idea whether the linux-decnet user land utilities do/might work?  Being relieved of tracking Linux kernel network driver changes in the Linux decnet module would be a big improvement.

Larry Baker
US Geological Survey
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On 18 Feb 2016, at 7:27 PM, James Corrigan wrote:

> Hi Dave
> 
> Daniel Watts, Bao Claylinde, Barry Stone and I worked on this network stack for many years. One other fellow, a friend of Dan's, did the MOP implementation 
> 
> Dan and I worked in it starting in 1985. Bao joined a few years later and work the Ethernet driver with IBM engineers for AiX. I believe he also helped HP Ethernet driver as well. These drivers are well implemented everywhere now allowing the change of address to the AA-Xx-Xx DECnet address space. Bao also greatly improved the performance of our LAT
> 
> The code compiles on all modern Linux and UNIX systems as it is a user space implementation. I do need to remove the activation key code so no activation key will be required
> 
> John Montgomery who is working for Microsoft now wrote the extensive documentation. It is very comprehensive and took a good while to complete with his then fiancé!  
> 
> If folks would let me know the versions of Linux and UNIX that they need tested I will set up a development environment for those servers and confirm that it is operational. I believe we have functionality test suites as well that I will make available.
> 
> I appreciate your interest 
> 
> Jim
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> On Feb 18, 2016, at 21:52, Dave McGuire <mc...@ne...> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>  Wow, this is amazing...Some friends and I were just lamenting the
>> current state of the Linux DECnet support (unmaintained and slowly
>> breaking more with each kernel release) a couple of days ago.
>> 
>>  I'm just a user, I have no authoritative role in any of this, but I
>> will do anything I can to help facilitate this.  How would you like to
>> proceed?
>> 
>>  And, of course, thank you for doing this!
>> 
>>            -Dave
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>> On 02/18/2016 09:49 PM, James Corrigan wrote:
>>> Yes.  Making it readily and freely available 
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>>> James Corrigan
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>>> On Feb 18, 2016, at 21:47, Dave McGuire <mc...@ne...
>>> <mailto:mc...@ne...>> wrote:
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>>>> On 02/18/2016 07:31 PM, James Corrigan wrote:
>>>>> I am looking for some one to discuss making available an user space
>>>>> decnet Lat and mop that is fully production ready for all variants of
>>>>> UNIX and Linux and Windows
>>>>> 
>>>>> My company sold it as DEKnet and openDNA
>>>>> 
>>>>> If there is interest please reach out
>>>> 
>>>> I, for one, am VERY strongly interested.  Are you proposing making
>>>> this free software?
>>>> 
>>>>              -Dave
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>>>> New Kensington, PA
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>> 
>> -- 
>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
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