[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux topic at DFWUUG

[greenglow484@juno.com]

All --

Sorry for this short notice.  This month's meeting of the DFW Unix User
Group features what sounds like an excellent Linux-related topic.  I am
reprinting below an email which I got on the meeting.

The meeting is tomorrow -- Thursday, 9/7 -- evening at the SGI (Silicon
Graphics) offices on the East-bound service road for LBJ, just shortly
East of the LBJ/ Preston intersection.  Pizza & cokes at 7 PM; the
meeting at 7:30.  Visitors are welcome; The meeting is free of cost!  

Please see the DFWUUG site, at http://www.dfwuug.org   for more details,
meeting directions etc.  Best to all.

FOLLOWING IS EMAIL REPRINT:

........<snip>

Just a reminder that Jay Schulist of Turbolinux will be speaking at the
September meeting of the DFW Unix Users Group tomorrow night (9/7/00) at
7:00 PM.

Jay sent me the following note:

"That is good news, I expect it to be a rather fun talk, I plan on
actually
implementing a network layer as part of the talk, so that everyone can
get a
good first hand view of how it is done. Jay"

Please see the official announcement below and access the web page at
www.dfwuug.org for directions to the SGI offices. The pizza and cokes are
free as usual.

=========================================================================
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 Title: Implementation and Design of Networking Subsystems in the Linux
Kernel.

 Speaker: Jay Schulist, Senior Software Engineer with TurboLinux

 Bio: Jay Schulist is currently employed at TurboLinux as a Senior
Software
Engineer and leader of the Networking Group. Schulist began his Linux
work
by creating extensions to Appletalk and Novell for the Linux kernel.
Since
then Schulist has created numerous networking layers and drivers for
Linux,
including Localtalk, TokenRing, IBM Channel, IEEE 802.2 and miscellaneous
enhancements. Besides Schulist's work at TurboLinux he is the Linux-SNA
Project Leader. Schulist's efforts in the SNA arena include full APPN and
LU
6.2 protocol implementation along with a large number of other IBM SNA
Standards and APIs. 

 Summary: (edited per the author's request)
The talk will be based on the latest 2.3.x kernels and will focus on the
general implementation of networking layers within Linux, using the
Linux-SNA networking layer as the example. Included will be discussion of
the Linux networking layer structure, the tying of the networking layer
to
the kernel, the implementation of standard APIs using existing kernel
facilities, and buffer management (including the use of the new Advanced
Kernel Buffers (skb pools). 

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