Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Ideas for 2.1 | Date | Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:50:55 +0100 (BST) |
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> + Fixing all the bugs in source routing and IP tunneling.
I think they are do save those that meet..
> + Fixing the rest of IP `features' which are contary to the RFC's.
Except those where the RFC disagrees with practice or sense (reversing source routes, tcp urgent).
> + Speeding up NFS.
Read is OK, write needs the work now.
> + Adding support for DHCP. DHCP servers exist. Dunno if anyone has a client yet - usermode problem
> + Fix ICMP address mask request / reply.
Could do - nobody uses it. Adding stuff like the extended ICMP router discovery might be better use of time.
> + Convert some network #ifdef's to sysctl()'s.
Definitely. The last few I had off Mike Shaver missed 2.0 alas.
> + Maybe implementing some sort of asynchronous I/O?
POSIX.4 signals, then put posix.4 aio in with clone.
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