striso 0.9.2.1 Released

Description: OpenSS7 Old News.

Approved for Immediate Release

Jan 8, 2007
OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9.2.1 of the STREAMS ISO Stack (ISO) striso package.

(Edmonton, Alberta -- Jan 8, 2007)   OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9.2.1 of the STREAMS ISO Stack (ISO) striso package. OpenSS7 ISO Stack (striso) is an OpenSS7 Project implementation of various Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) International Standards Organization (ISO) networking components for Linux Fast-STREAMS.

This release is a separate release of the OpenSS7 ISO Stack 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 XTI header files for ISO/OSI operation. The package contains the necessary manual pages and other documentation for ISO/OSI componentsin a separate autoconf tarball. This release is a pre-alpha release, and is an optional part of the OpenSS7 Master Package (as of openss7-0.9.2.D).

This release is the first separate release of the `OpenSS7 ISO Stack' 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 XTI header files for ISO/OSI operation. The package contains the necessary manual pages and other documentation for ISO/OSI components in a separate autoconf tarball.

This is the initial alpha release for `Linux Fast-STREAMS' and is part of the OpenSS7 Master Package (`openss7-0.9.2.D').

This release is the initial public release.

• Additional features supported in all packages (see master package release notes).

This is the inital 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 [email protected].

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 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 for the autoconf tarballs, SRPMs and DSCs. See the striso package page for tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs, and binary RPMs and DEBs.

See ChangeLog and NEWS in the release for more information. Also, see the striso.pdf manual in the release (also in html here).

About The OpenSS7 Project

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