On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Steve Brown wrote: > I would like to offer some fast machines for use as buildds to help > clear the package backlog. Unfortunately I don't have any root access > on these machines. > > I have ported over the Slirp userspace ethernet driver from BasiliskII
Nice! I've been using UserModeLinux with Slirp a lot. > into Aranym. Slirp takes in ethernet packets, decaps them, and > manages proxy TCP connections on the host OS. I am not a good C > programmer and I wrote it using the "monkey see, monkey do" method. > The driver is not ready for prime-time, but works acceptably for now. > On some machines it works in excess of 120kB/sec. (On other machines, > it crashes spectacularly.) Oops. Have you looked at the implementation used by UserModeLinux? > Would anyone like to help test/improve this patch? > Assuming they're wanted/needed, can anyone help me set up the buildds? > > You can get the patch here. Remember to 'autoreconf' before building. > http://www.2shared.com/file/4283984/70cf2b8e/aranym-097beta-slirp-WIP20081112patch.html Interesting download service... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
