Re: Removing ARCNET stuffs

[Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:53 AM, Taylor R Campbell
<campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:
>    Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 17:39:12 +0100 (BST)
>    From: Robert Swindells <rjs%fdy2.co.uk@localhost>
>
>    >Support for several legacy protocols was removed in recent years. I
>    >fear that our networking stack is becoming more and more IP and
>    >Ethernet centric.
>
>    It isn't as bad as the Linux stack yet but I would also like to see a
>    variety of protocols in the tree. Even if they don't always work I
>    have found it useful to be able to look at other ways of doing stuff.
>
>    I have been doing a bit of work on cleaning up some old Chaosnet and
>    CAN code recently.
>
> Diversity is great, but only if it is exercised.  It would be
> worthwhile if someone with knowledge of these protocols could make
> automatic tests with rump that everyone can run, without needing
> hardware.  See, e.g., shmif(4) for ethernet in rump.

That's a good idea. We would be able to live with arcnet if there are
such tests. Any contributions are welcome from arcnet/amiga lovers
or someone else :)

  ozaki-r