> Anyone working on an SNA protocol stack for Linux?
> Yeah, I know about that Ice-product, but the mainframe
> costed a ton, can't afford their product now.
There was. A fellow in Belgium had started to write a stack
to support LU2 3270 sessions to allow terminal access to his
mainframe. The 802.2 LLC code in the kernel is part of his
work. However it was never finished because they installed
TCP/IP on the mainframe and he was able to TELNET into it,
maybe using x3270 I forget. That was all about two years ago.
Unfortunately I haven't got his name or e-mail address handy.
> Oh, and if nobody's working on such a thing; is there
> any documentation on where to start when implementing
> a protocol-stack? I guess I should add things to net/ and
> update the protocols.c/Makefile, but after that I get
> stuck :-)
> Any help (also like "look at that stack; it's so simple and
> basic, it's a good start") is welcome!
I would suggest the nearest protocol in the existing stacks is
X.25, a VC based protocol. For my sins I wrote it originally,
maybe a clone and modification of that stack would be the
easiest path, certainly X.25 is closer to SNA than (say) TCP/IP.
> Thanks in advance,
> Folkert van Heusden
Feel free to chat about it with me on e-mail.
> p.s. send a copy of your reply since I'm not on this
> list - the traffic is waaaay to high :-/
Will do.
Jonathan
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