Subject: Re: network/kerel src separability
To: None <anderson@marisys.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/19/1996 13:46:23
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:28:41 -0500 
 Taylor Anderson <anderson@marisys.com> wrote:

 > I'm working on an embedded computer, and I need to add TCP/IP
 > functionality.  How reasonable/unreasonalbe would it be to take
 > the networking code of NetBSD and implement it in another OS?  In other
 > words, are the kernel and networking portions of NetBSD inseparable?  

It should be possible... however, you will also need to pull in the
mbuf and socket pieces of the kernel...

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