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From: monkey@unixprt.UUCP (Monkey Face@unixprt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: RFS COTS Interface
Message-ID: <179@unixprt.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 14:37:04 EST
Article-I.D.: unixprt.179
Posted: Wed Dec  3 14:37:04 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Dec-86 06:11:13 EST
References: <178@unixprt.UUCP> <1495@ulysses.UUCP>
Organization: Paul Fronbergs Computer, Santa Clara
Lines: 16
Keywords: RFS, System V Release 3.0
Summary: System V Release 3.1


>I have a 3B2 running System V Rel 3.1 with local enhancements (job control,
>symbolic links, etc.). RFS runs on top of NPACK on top of EMD (EMD is the
>hardware driver for the 3BNET board). TCP/IP runs directly on top of EMD.
>We can run RFS on top of TCP/IP, but that is slower than running it on
>top of NPACK. It is exactly the same RFS code in both cases.
>Eduardo Krell                   AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill

Yes, but 3.1 does not exist yet in the non-ATT world.

I have since found out that that the problem I discussed was fixed in
3.1.  When will 3.1 be available to the non-ATT world?

Also, NPACK is not in the release, will it ever be?

Monkey Face@unixprt (uni-xperts)