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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:36:15 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Do we have a catalog of 9P servers?
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> The /net FS is directly an application of 9P, and to add further
> functionality, such as packet analysis (which seems to be the new hot
> topic now), is only to go so far as to change the /net "application"

this is nitpicking, i apologize....

but /net is not a fs.  '#I' the ip stack and '#l' the ethernet device
are usually bound in union on /net.  ip subsumes its subprotocols and
arp.  there is nothing preventing one from adding a new networking
protocol nor is there anything preventing one from adding a new type
of networking device.  for example, one could run ip over atm
networking with no problems.  i think this sort of thing is done with
blue gene.  you could also run (say) xns over ethernet and have it all
appear like a big, happy family in /net.

- erik