Subject: Re: 68851...
To: Allan 'Norm' Crain <allanc@idea-inc.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/25/1996 10:31:57
> 
> Not entirely on the NetBSD/mac68k topic... Well, kinda.
> 
> I'm looking for a 68851 PMMU for my old, crufty, but free Macintosh II so 
> I can run NetBSD on it on my network. I have a few questions:
> 1) Can NetBSD route appletalk or TCP/IP packets between localtalk and 
> ethernet networks if I stick an Ethernet card in?

Someday, yes. But not yet. The problem is that we don't support LocalTalk
yet. We support hopefully-not-hanging-while-booting if LocalTalk's around,
but we don't use it yet.

We need NetAtalk in the kernel first (it's rather silly to try and make
a network interface if the only protocol it will use is not supported
by the kernel).

Take care,

Bill