strinet 0.9.2.6 Released - XTI Library for Linux Fast-STREAMS

[Brian F. G. Bidulock]

Package strinet-0.9.2.6 was released under GPLv2 2007-06-24.

The OpenSS7 INET Networking package is an implementation of the
Internet Protocol suite for Linux Fast-STREAMS directly over Linux
NET4 Sockets implementation, using a STREAMS over Sockets approach.
This permits modules to be pushed on UDP or TCP Streams and allows use
of the XTI/TLI library with Internet Protocols on Linux. The package
now also includes direct STREAMS implementations of RAW IP and UDP,
and will include direct implementations of TI loop-back devices and
TCP in the future.

This OpenSS7 Project release is another separate add-on package
release of the OpenSS7 INET Networking package that was formerly
present in the (now deprecated) LiS package. The networking drivers
are provided, as well as the TPI and XTI header files for INET and
loop-back operation. The package contains all the necessary manual
packages and other documentation for INET components in a separate
autoconf tarball. This release is a stable, production grade release
for Linux Fast-STREAMS and is part of the OpenSS7 Master Package
(openss7-0.9.2.F).

This release is primarily a maintenance release to support recent
distributions and tool chains.

Major features since the last public release are as follows:

- Staggering performance improvements. The performance
improvements/correction provided in the streams-0.9.2.3 Linux
Fast-STREAMS package and a little bit of performance tuning of the
streams-inet and streams-udp drivers has resulted in staggering
performance improvements.

- STREAMS XTIoS TCP now runs up to 300% faster than Linux TCP in
tests. See the TCP Performance page for more information
<http://www.openss7.org/tcp_perf.html>.

- STREAMS UDP now runs up to 60% faster than Linux UDP in tests.
See the UDP Performance page for more information
<http://www.openss7.org/udp_perf.html>.

- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.

- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.

- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.

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 General Public
License Version 2'. The release is available as an autoconf tarball,
SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page
<http://www.openss7.org/download.html> for the autoconf tarballs,
SRPMs and DSCs. For tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs and binary RPMs and DEBs,
see the strinet package page <http://www.openss7.org/strinet_pkg.html>.

See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strinet-0.9.2.6/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strinet-0.9.2.6/NEWS> in the release
for more information. Also, see the `strinet.pdf' manual in the
release, also in html <http://www.openss7.org/strinet_manual.html>.

For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20070624_B.html>.

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Brian F. G. Bidulock
***@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/