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Compaq Licensing BSD TCP/IP Stack

Posted by Nik on from the just-call-me-Hillary dept.

As this release announces, BSDi have just licensed the BSD/OS Parallel TCP/IP stack to Compaq for use in their Himalaya range of servers. Which is great, but I'm still trying to work out why they called them "Himalaya."

13 comments

  1. Boycott Compaq! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    For choosing BSD over Linux.

  2. I wonder... by keepper · · Score: 1

    Although i really like this announcement, as it helps all the bsd's, I wonder the reason for not taking the stack from FreeBSD or (Net|Open)BSD?

    MY guess is that they would be requiring the technical expertise of the BSDi bunch to port it, hence the licensing....

    More insight into the corporate mentality i guess..

    1. Re:I wonder... by AntiBasic · · Score: 1

      The source merger isn't going to happen instanteously, if at all and especially hasn't happened since the WC/BSDI merger. BSDI has borrowed code from FreeBSD several times in the past and on occasion has BSDL'd their enhancements. The most recent incident I recall is the function malloc which has been improved for BSD/OS 4.1. Be prepared to see this happen much more in the near future.

    2. Re:I wonder... by SquadBoy · · Score: 1

      Now that BSDI and FreeBSD are in bed with each other what is the diff? I'm just getting started with BSD (after a few years with Linux) but would it not make sense that the BSDI stack and the FreeBSD stack are now one and the same?

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  3. Oooopss by keepper · · Score: 1

    I didn't read the "PARALLEL" part.... don't i feel like an ass...

    Flame suit ON

  4. Re:Not yet by bugg · · Score: 1

    They will never be merged, as BSDi plans on keeping them separate products for different groups. So far, the most important changes coming to FreeBSD by way of BSDi is the next-generation SMP, in which Chuck Paterson of BSDi is contributing.

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  5. What's the difference? by hartze11 · · Score: 1

    Is BSDi's stack just more optimized for SMP? I thought FreeBSD had a pretty good SMP stack... with zero copy sockets FreeBSD can almost push a Gigabit...

    1. Re:What's the difference? by natenate · · Score: 2

      Not even close. Compaq is licensing BSDi's "Parallel TCP/IP Stack". The key word there is *parallel*. FreeBSD does *not* have a parallel TCP/IP stack.

      Read the press release for more info (although, one would think it logical to do this *before* posting).

  6. Why Himalaya? by General_Corto · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm guessing that Compaq have realized that it'll cost a mountain of cash for each of the beasts in question, and that they're happy sales staff will be sure to sell you a multiplicity of the things :)

  7. Just to clarify by Valar · · Score: 1

    Himalaya refers to the price range of course!

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  8. Re:Himalaya because... by Scott+Hazen+Mueller · · Score: 1

    Prior to Himalaya (ca. 1991) was Everest. More accurately, "Everest" (as in everest.tandem.com, which I set up) was the internal project name for the second set of MIPS-based Tandem systems. (The first set of MIPS-based systems was the Liberty project.) Memory of such ancient stuff fades, though...

  9. Himalaya because... by dru · · Score: 2

    It's a brand name for the Tandem NSK hardware, acquired by the Q about three years ago. Tandem hardware based on the MIPS R4x000 were called Himalayas, hardware based on the MIPS R1x000 are called Sierras, and Yosemite will be Alpha based hardware. (I used to work for Tandem)

  10. Himalaya by Lord+Kano · · Score: 2

    Himalaya == Highest mountains in the world.
    Highest Mountains in the world == Above everyone else's heads.

    LK

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