They are basically useless. I think I submitted a diff to remove them about
2.1.50 or so when it became apparent that it was a hard project nobody was
doing. Until this was mentioned I didnt realise they hadnt been dropped.
If you want the URL to the IBM document on netbios stuff just ask
Linus can you rm -rf net/netbeui please - the code there is too broken to
help anyone.
> Was the support abandoned because of the fundamental brokenness of the
> protocol design?
Time, people, difficulty and the fact even MS are trying to kill it off
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