Hello!
The keyword, Kevin, everyone, in my little speech down there was
"around". I "grok" that I am allowed to be wrong. It is a part of
life. Part of the problem with understanding the strange behavior of
Linux, or even NetBSD happened to be when I got started with them. For
Linux it was an old port during the 2.0.3x series, and yes it was a
Slackware one. I am still with Slackware. I only use that guy's
software for business.=20

At some point in time I will very definitely have NetBSD running here,
I last had it working back during the 1.x series. For both Intel, and
VAX. Say?=20
Can we run SIMH/VAX inside a Xen domain?=20
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And for that discussion I'm going to move the thread contents, not
subject to NetBSD/Xen.=20



For what we are discussing I will be pleased to admit that some sort
of networking did exist in the kernel for both serial delivery and
Ethernet around the first series of kernels, and then the 2.0.xx ones.
Which is why one of us has reported a very early was indeed doing as I
have just described.

Before we discuss more Penguin versus Daemon stories, I suggest we
return to the wonderful world of NetBSD and the VAX.

Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
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"Remember the Force will be with you. Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-vax-owner@NetBSD.org [mailto:port-vax-owner@NetBSD.org]
On
> Behalf Of Kevin Ogden
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:52 PM
> To: port-vax@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: current port-vax status
>=20
>=20
> On Mar 8, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Gregg C Levine wrote:
>=20
> > And I agree regarding Linux and networking and XKernel. I do know
that
> > Tux got networking around the 2.xx kernel, but it was decidedly
> > primitive. Ethernet arrived around the time of the middle kernels,
but
> > don't hold me to that.
>=20
> I'm not trying to be a Linux fanboy but I was running an old version
of
> Slackware with kernel version 1.2.11 with full TCP/IP support (with
a
> 3COM 3c503 ethernet card) and X-Windows (w/ OpenLook and DOOM even)
on
> a 486/33.  Linux has had networking for quite a while though it's
> wasn't near as robust as BSD at the time.  Shortly after getting
sick
> of Linux and PC's in general I installed NetBSD 1.2 on a Mac IIci
and
> started playing with BSD (A/UX was too pricey and IMHO not as nice
of
> an OS as NetBSD).
>=20
> --Kevin D. Ogden