From: hedrick@dumas.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Subject: KA9Q tcp is now available Date: 10 Feb 1992 05:28:40 GMT
I've put KA9Q on athos.rutgers.edu:/pub/linux, as ka9qbin.tar.Z and
ka9qsrc.tar.Z. The READ.ME in the binary is as much documentation as
I have. This is the pre-NOS version, with compressed SLIP and bootp
retrofitted. The only major missing feature is the domain name
server. I ran out of time. I also suspect it might be better to port
NOS rather than spend more time on this version.
Unfortunately, this depends upon at least two kernel patches:
nonblocking I/O and the select fix posted earlier today. Also, on my
machine I've seen the serial output hang when using KA9Q. serial-hang
is a workaround for this. I believe Linus is working on a better fix.
Mine is sort of questionable if you have more than one serial line.
I've tried to do the best I can with performance tuning. I use
select, but in a way different than the optional select support in the
original code. I'm getting as good response as with the version that
sits there in a continuous loop waiting for input, but it doesn't use
as much CPU.
I've only tested this is a SLIP configuration. It's unlikely to be
useful with Ethernet, as that requires kernel support. It might work
with the AX25 and other stuff that sits on a serial line, though my
patches could conceivably have broken something. If so, the fix
shouldn't be major
I'm not sure where to get documentation for this version. the READ.ME
in the binary version has a list of commands, but that's no
substitute for real documentation.