[13067] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.7H: /srvd/sys /srvd/vmunix
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jhawk@MIT.EDU)
Tue Jan 3 12:28:51 1995
From: jhawk@MIT.EDU
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 12:28:26 EST
System name: yaz-pistachio
Type and version: KN02ca 7.7H (2 update(s) to same version)
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Use multicast under Ultrix.
What's wrong:
The default 7.7 kernel does not include multicast support,
and the system packs do not provide the support necessary
to build a new kernel. This means I need to bug someone
wish source-access to build a custom kernel.
What should have happened:
1) Ultrix kernels should be built with MBONE and MROUTING (and perhaps
BPF, though I could understand why Athena might not want that
on public workstations).
2) More importantly, it should be possible for normal users to build
kernels. I'm told that the rational behind not providing kernel
build environments is that there is fascist code there, eg: AFS.
This does not seem to make a whole lot of sense to me, as they
relevant .o files could easily be provided instead (as is done
w/ DEC's Ultrix distribution), so that users can build custom
kernels.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
hier(7); config(8); and ``Building 4.2BSD UNIX System with
Config,'' ULTRIX Supplementary Documents, Volume 3: System
Manager.
