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Linux-Announce Digest #566
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Mon Jun 25 15:13:06 2007
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Linux-Announce Digest #566, Volume #5 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:13:01 EDT
Contents:
streams 0.9.2.3 Released - High Performance SVR 4.2 MP STREAMS for Linux ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
strbcm 0.9.2.4 Released - STREAMS Binary Compatibility Modules ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
strsock 0.9.2.3 Released - STREAMS Sockets for Linux ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
strisdn 0.9.2.3 Released - STREAMS ISDN stack for Linux Fast-STREAMS ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
netperf 2.3.6 Released - OpenSS7 NETPERF Utility for Linux Fast-STREAMS ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
strvoip 0.9.2.3 Released - OpenSS7 Voice over IP for Linux Fast-STREAMS ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
iperf 2.0.7 Released - OpenSS7 SCTP Internet Performance Tool ("Brian F. G. Bidulock")
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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
Subject: streams 0.9.2.3 Released - High Performance SVR 4.2 MP STREAMS for Linux
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:17:04 -0500
Reply-To: bidulock@openss7.org
Package streams-0.9.2.3 was released under GPLv2 2007-06-24.
The OpenSS7 Linux Fast-STREAMS package is a High-Performance STREAMS
framework for Linux that is compatible with SVR 4.2 MP STREAMS and a
host of other commercial UNIX(R) STREAMS implementations, with
complete debugging and production release capabilities. It is as a
high-performance, production replacement for the buggy and now
deprecated Linux STREAMS (LiS).
This is the twelfth OpenSS7 Project release of Linux Fast-STREAMS. LiS
was fully deprecated as of a previous release and Linux Fast-STREAMS
is now the only STREAMS package contained in the OpenSS7 Master
Package (since openss7-0.9.2.D).
This release is a stable, production grade release for Linux
Fast-STREAMS. The release includes maintenance support for recent
distributions and tool chain, but also includes some performance and
feature upgrades and inspection bug fixes.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Significant performance improvements. STREAMS-based pipes in the
package now perform a staggering 2 to 5 times (%200 to %500)
faster than the old legacy 4.1BSD/SVR3 Linux pipes currently in
the kernel. See the STREAMS Performance page
<http://www.openss7.org/streams_perf.html> for more information.
- The impact of these performance changes is that Linux Fast-STREAMS
now runs faster and looser on SMP systems: if your drivers have
race conditions they will likely be exacerbated by this version.
- Significant rework of the Stream head and both enabling and
back-enabling utilities. Handling of enabling flags QWANTR and
QWANTW were not being performed quite properly. Also, service
procedures for the read side stream head read queue was added to
defer wake-ups when possible. The result is the very significant
observed performance improvements (as though it was not fast
enough already).
- The strace(8), strerr(8) utilities and log(4) driver have had some
corrections. The STREAMS trace logger is now an excellent way for
trace logging of fielded production drivers. A number of OpenSS7
drivers have already been converted to use this facility.
- Significant rework of STREAMS synchronization. OSF/1 Mentat style
synchronization levels, Solaris style perimeters, and SVR 4.2
style load refusal are fully supported. Some idiosyncrasies of
AIX, HP-UX, MacOT and VxWorks are also supported.
- Corrected a few bugs. See BUGS in the release for more
information.
- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 and 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.
This is a public stable production grade release of the package: it
deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release
before reporting bugs.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and
2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production
kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the GNU General Public License
Version 2. The release is available as an autoconf tarball, SRPM,
DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page
<http://www.openss7.org/download.html> for the autoconf tarballs,
SRPMs and DSCs. For tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs and binary RPMs and DEBs,
see the streams package page <http://www.openss7.org/streams_pkg.html>.
See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/streams-0.9.2.3/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/streams-0.9.2.3/NEWS> in the release
for more information. Also, see the `STREAMS.pdf' manual in the
release, also in html <http://www.openss7.org/STREAMS_manual.html>.
For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20070624_K.html>.
--
Brian F. G. Bidulock
bidulock@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:16:30 -0500
From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
Subject: strbcm 0.9.2.4 Released - STREAMS Binary Compatibility Modules
Reply-To: bidulock@openss7.org
Package strbcm-0.9.2.4 was released under GPLv2 2007-06-24.
The OpenSS7 STREAMS Binary Compatibility Modules package provides
STREAMS modules and drivers, programs and daemons for the compilation
of externally supplied source and binary STREAMS modules.
The package currently includes the following STREAMS kernel modules
and drivers:
- tstdrv(4) provides a test driver for testing the packaging system.
- tstmod(4) provides a test module for testing the packaging system.
The OpenSS7 STREAMS Binary Compatibility Modules package includes
kernel modules, SVR 4.2 STREAMS drivers, modules, libraries,
utilities, test programs, daemons, and development environment for the
development and execution of STREAMS modules and drivers. This
package contains primarily a framework for the compilation and linkage
of externally supplied source and binary modules.
This package is currently incomplete. It is being released as a
reference point for the community. If you are interested in
completion of this package, contact <mailto:info@openss7.com>.
This is an alpha release of the package.
Major changes for release strbcm-0.9.2.4:
- Dramatic performance improvements enabled by Linux Fast-STREAMS.
- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.
This is a public alpha release of the package. This package is
currently incomplete. It is being released as a reference point for
the community. If you are interested in completion of this package,
contact <mailto:info@openss7.com>.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and
2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production
kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the `GNU General Public
License Version 2'. The release is available as an autoconf tarball,
SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page
<http://www.openss7.org/download.html> for the autoconf tarballs,
SRPMs and DSCs. For tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs and binary RPMs and DEBs,
see the strbcm package page <http://www.openss7.org/strbcm_pkg.html>.
See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strbcm-0.9.2.4/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strbcm-0.9.2.4/NEWS> in the release
for more information. Also, see the `strbcm.pdf' manual in the
release, also in html <http://www.openss7.org/strbcm_manual.html>.
For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20070624_I.html>.
--
Brian F. G. Bidulock
bidulock@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/
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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
Subject: strsock 0.9.2.3 Released - STREAMS Sockets for Linux
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:14:41 -0500
Reply-To: bidulock@openss7.org
Package strsock-0.9.2.3 was released under GPLv2 2007-06-24.
The OpenSS7 STREAMS Sockets package provides STREAMS modules and
drivers, libraries, programs, initialization scripts, and daemons.
The OpenSS7 STREAMS Sockets package contains header files and a number
of modules and drivers and the associated documentation originally
contained in the Linux Fast-STREAMS release, but not contained in the
Linux STREAMS (LiS) releases.
This OpenSS7 Project release is the third separate release of the
OpenSS7 STREAMS Sockets package whose components were formerly part of
the strss7, strxnet and streams packages. These networking modules
provide the Sockets library. The package contains all the necessary
manual pages and other documentation. The package is packaged as an
OpenSS7 style autoconf tarball.
This is the third alpha release for Linux Fast-STREAMS and is part of
the OpenSS7 Master Package (openss7-0.9.2.F). This release is
primarily a maintenance release supporting recent distributions and
tool chains.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Dramatic performance improvements enabled by Linux Fast-STREAMS.
- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.
This is a public alpha release of the package. This package is
currently incomplete. It is being released as a reference point for
the community. If you are interested in completion of this package,
contact <mailto:info@openss7.com>.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and
2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production
kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the `GNU General Public
License Version 2'. The release is available as an autoconf tarball,
SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page
<http://www.openss7.org/download.html> for the autoconf tarballs,
SRPMs and DSCs. For tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs and binary RPMs and DEBs,
see the strsock package page
<http://www.openss7.org/strsock_pkg.html>.
See <http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strsock-0.9.2.3/ChangeLog> and
<http://www.openss7.org/codefiles/strsock-0.9.2.3/NEWS> in the release
for more information. Also, see the `strsock.pdf' manual in the
release, also in html <http://www.openss7.org/strsock_manual.html>.
For the news release, see <http://www.openss7.org/rel20070624_C.html>.
--
Brian F. G. Bidulock
bidulock@openss7.org
http://www.openss7.org/
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From: "Brian F. G. Bidulock" <bidulock@openss7.org>
Subject: strisdn 0.9.2.3 Released - STREAMS ISDN stack for Linux Fast-STREAMS
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:12:00 -0500
Reply-To: bidulock@openss7.org
Package strisdn-0.9.2.3 was released under GPLv2 2007-06-24.
OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN (strisdn) is an OpenSS7 Project implementation of
a number of ISDN related components, including Q.920, Q.921, Q.931,
GR-303, V5.2, DPNSS/DASS. The package includes kernel modules, SVR 4.2
STREAMS drivers, modules, libraries, utilities, test programs,
daemons, and development environment for the development and execution
of OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN applications for the SVR 4.2 STREAMS
environment.
This release is the third separate release of the OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN
package. Some of the components in this package were formerly present
in the strss7 package. Various networking drivers are provided as well
as CDI, DLPI, NPI, TPI and CCI header files for ISDN operation. The
package contains the necessary manual pages and other documentation
for ISDN components in a separate autoconf tarball.
The OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN package includes kernel modules, SVR 4.2
STREAMS drivers, modules, libraries, utilities, test programs,
daemons, and development environment for the development and execution
of OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN applications for the SVR 4.2 STREAMS
environment.
This is the third open source release of the OpenSS7 STREAMS ISDN
package. This release contains modules and drivers formerly only
available with Commercial releases of the strss7 package and which are
only recently available as open source with the release of this
package.
With OpenSS7 Master Package release openss7-0.9.2.D, the ISDN
components were separated from the strss7 package and placed in this
package. Not all of the ISDN components previously part of the strss7
package have been strapped into this release. Components will be
re-validated against Linux Fast-STREAMS on a module-by-module and
driver-by-driver basis. See TODO in the release, or Schedule, in the
manual, for information about the release schedule.
The major component first available is LAPD. lapd(4) is a pushable
STREAMS module that is pushed over a cdi(4) HDLC channel to form an
ISDN Q.931 link providing the Data Link Provider Interface (dlpi(7)).
A complete test suite will be available in a further release.
Subsequent releases in 4Q 2007 will include the additional full ISDN
Q.931, Q.933, GR-303 and V5.2 drivers with conformance test suites.
This package is currently incomplete. It is being released as a
reference point for the community. If you are interested in completion
of this package, contact <mailto:info@openss7.com>. This is a
maintenance release providing support for additional distributions and
tool chains.
Major features since the last public release are as follows:
- Dramatic performance improvements enabled by Linux Fast-STREAMS.
- Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
- Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
- Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
- Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
- Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
- Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and
2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
- Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
- Support for recent distributions and tool chains.
This is a public alpha release of the package. Please see README-alpha
in the release.
As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles,
installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and
2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production
kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.
This package is publicly released under the `GNU
