Brian F. G. Bidulock
2008-11-02 18:07:49 UTC
Package strxns-0.9.2.7 was released under AGPLv3 2008-10-31.
The OpenSS7 XNS Networking package is an implementation of X/Open
Network Services (XNS 5.2) for Linux Fast-STREAMS and provides OSI
conforming CDI, DLPI and NPI header files as well as several DLPI and
NPI modules and drivers that convert between Linux Native IP interface
and the STREAMS DLPI and NPI interface. One allows DLPI drivers to be
added to Linux as IP interfaces, another provides DLPI access to native
Linux IP interfaces, and a third provides NPI access to the Linux IP
subsystem.
This is another separate release from the OpenSS7 Project of the OpenSS7
XNS Networking package, formerly part of the (now deprecated) Linux
STREAMS (LiS) package. These networking modules provide DLPI, NPI and
Linux IP drivers, as well as providing CDI, DLPI and NPI header files.
The package contains all the necessary manual pages and other
documentation for XNS components in a separate autoconf tarball.
This release is primarily a maintenance release supporting recent
distributions and tool chains. This release is a stable production
release for Linux Fast-STREAMS.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Minor documentation corrections.
- Kernel module license made explicit GPL v2. And then changed back
to GPL.
- License upgrade to AGPL Version 3.
- Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.22.5-49 kernel. These
changes also support 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 kernel. New DEV_BASE list and
new sk_buff format.
- Ability to strap out major documentation build and installation
primarily for embedded targets.
- Improvements to common build process for embedded and
cross-compile targets.
- Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.25-45.fc9 and
2.6.26.5-45.fc9 kernels.
- Updated tool chain to m4-1.4.12, autoconf-2.63 and texinfo-4.13.
- Conversion of RPM spec files to common approach for major
subpackages.
- Updated references database for manual pages and roff(1)
documents.
- Build system now builds yum(8) repositories for RPMs and
apt-get(8) repositories for DEBs. Installation documentation has
been updated to include details of repository install sourcesref.
- Added MODULE_VERSION to all modules and drivers.
- Addition of an np_udp(4) driver similar to np_ip(4) driver. (Not
yet part of build.)
- Added CDI interface specification texinfo (info, html, pdf)
document. Updated DLPI and NPI interface specification documents.
Added new dlpi_porting document. Added DL_* primitives compatible
with AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and others.
- Added four major libraries: the cdiapi(3), dlpiapi(3), npiapi(3)
and libdlpi(3) libraries and associated documentation. Most of
these libraries are incomplete and require test suites.
- Addition of dlpi(4) driver, llc(4) driver, llc2(4) driver, lcd(4)
driver, cddev(4) driver. Improvements to np_ip(4) driver. Many of
these new drivers are currently untested.
This is a public stable production grade release of the package: it
deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release
before reporting bugs.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and 2.6
RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production kernels
without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the GNU Affero General Public
License (AGPL) Version 3. The release is available as an autoconf
tarball, SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads
page for the autoconf tarballs, SRPMs and DSCs. See the strxns package
page for tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs, and binary RPMs and DEBs.
See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strxns-0.9.2.7/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strxns-0.9.2.7/NEWS> in the release,
or <http://www.openss7.org/strxns_manual.html#Release-Notes> in the
manual, for more information. Also, see the strxns.pdf manual in the
release (also in html <http://www.openss7.org/strxns_manual.html>).
For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20081029_F.html>.
--
Brian F. G. Bidulock
***@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/
The OpenSS7 XNS Networking package is an implementation of X/Open
Network Services (XNS 5.2) for Linux Fast-STREAMS and provides OSI
conforming CDI, DLPI and NPI header files as well as several DLPI and
NPI modules and drivers that convert between Linux Native IP interface
and the STREAMS DLPI and NPI interface. One allows DLPI drivers to be
added to Linux as IP interfaces, another provides DLPI access to native
Linux IP interfaces, and a third provides NPI access to the Linux IP
subsystem.
This is another separate release from the OpenSS7 Project of the OpenSS7
XNS Networking package, formerly part of the (now deprecated) Linux
STREAMS (LiS) package. These networking modules provide DLPI, NPI and
Linux IP drivers, as well as providing CDI, DLPI and NPI header files.
The package contains all the necessary manual pages and other
documentation for XNS components in a separate autoconf tarball.
This release is primarily a maintenance release supporting recent
distributions and tool chains. This release is a stable production
release for Linux Fast-STREAMS.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Minor documentation corrections.
- Kernel module license made explicit GPL v2. And then changed back
to GPL.
- License upgrade to AGPL Version 3.
- Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.22.5-49 kernel. These
changes also support 2.6.22.9-91.fc7 kernel. New DEV_BASE list and
new sk_buff format.
- Ability to strap out major documentation build and installation
primarily for embedded targets.
- Improvements to common build process for embedded and
cross-compile targets.
- Modifications to build under Fedora 2.6.25-45.fc9 and
2.6.26.5-45.fc9 kernels.
- Updated tool chain to m4-1.4.12, autoconf-2.63 and texinfo-4.13.
- Conversion of RPM spec files to common approach for major
subpackages.
- Updated references database for manual pages and roff(1)
documents.
- Build system now builds yum(8) repositories for RPMs and
apt-get(8) repositories for DEBs. Installation documentation has
been updated to include details of repository install sourcesref.
- Added MODULE_VERSION to all modules and drivers.
- Addition of an np_udp(4) driver similar to np_ip(4) driver. (Not
yet part of build.)
- Added CDI interface specification texinfo (info, html, pdf)
document. Updated DLPI and NPI interface specification documents.
Added new dlpi_porting document. Added DL_* primitives compatible
with AIX, HP-UX, Solaris and others.
- Added four major libraries: the cdiapi(3), dlpiapi(3), npiapi(3)
and libdlpi(3) libraries and associated documentation. Most of
these libraries are incomplete and require test suites.
- Addition of dlpi(4) driver, llc(4) driver, llc2(4) driver, lcd(4)
driver, cddev(4) driver. Improvements to np_ip(4) driver. Many of
these new drivers are currently untested.
This is a public stable production grade release of the package: it
deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release
before reporting bugs.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and 2.6
RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production kernels
without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the GNU Affero General Public
License (AGPL) Version 3. The release is available as an autoconf
tarball, SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads
page for the autoconf tarballs, SRPMs and DSCs. See the strxns package
page for tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs, and binary RPMs and DEBs.
See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strxns-0.9.2.7/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strxns-0.9.2.7/NEWS> in the release,
or <http://www.openss7.org/strxns_manual.html#Release-Notes> in the
manual, for more information. Also, see the strxns.pdf manual in the
release (also in html <http://www.openss7.org/strxns_manual.html>).
For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20081029_F.html>.
--
Brian F. G. Bidulock
***@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/