From: hm@seneca.ix.de (Harald Milz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Linux Projects-FAQ
Date: 22 Jun 1994 19:32:13 GMT
Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
Message-ID: <2ua3jt$oq2@hydra.Helsinki.FI>

Archive-name: linux/Projects-FAQ
Last-modified: 18 Jun 1994
Maintained-By: Harald Milz (hm@seneca.ix.de)


		  Linux Projects-FAQ

This is the Projects-FAQ for Linux. Here you'll find
some information concerning popular projects that are
currently in the design or coding stage. Code for these
projects is not publicly available yet. However, the
software is being worked on and will be eventually
available. Please DO NOT send tons of questions to the
developers but instead let them spend their time
working on the project. This FAQ will be updated
regularly and available on sunsite.unc.edu as
/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/Projects-FAQ .

If you are about to develop a certain piece of software
and if you think it would be good to let people know,
please send me an entry according to the template shown
below. The fields "AuthorEmail" and "ETA" are optional;
if you don't believe people won't drown you in email or
don't think it's wise to tell a potential release date,
simply leave these fields empty. Please don't forget to
send me updates if the status of your project changes,
or I'll have to query you. ;^)

If you are not working on a specific project yourself
but know someone else is, please drop me a note.

After the initial release of code to the public, I
intend to leave the respective entry in the list for
some weeks or so, adding a comment where the code can
be found, then delete the entry to avoid redundancy
(with the LSM). 

This FAQ is for non-commercial Linux projects only. If
there is enough interest, then maybe someone should set
up a separate list covering commercial products some
time later. Any additional volunteers?

Sample entry follows (similar to an LSM entry, thank
you Jeff). Some sample entries (e.g. "Assistance")
don't cover every possibility - feel free to enter what
you like.

Field:len          Description
-----------        ------------------------------------------------------
Title:40           The name of the package.  example: "Linux for DEC 21064"
Desc1:80           5 lines of text describing the package's function or purpose
Desc2:80           The more descriptive you are the more useful the entry 
Desc3:80           will be
Desc4:80
Desc5:80
Author:65          Who is going to write the package.
AuthorEmail:40     The author's email address (optional)
InfoSources1:80	   Some hints where to get additional information such as 
InfoSources2:80    mailing lists or local newsgroups
InfoSources3:80
Assistance:40      assistance sought? {required | appreciated | not required }
CurrentStat:80     {still in the design phase | first code runs | approaching 
                    ALPHA status | in ALPHA | code is available on (FTP path)}
ETA:40             Estimated time of arrival (optional & conservative ;) 
Remarks1:80        Other info of value (up to the developer), 5 lines
Remarks2:80
Remarks3:80
Remarks4:80
Remarks5:80

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Title:          "Xtbackup" 
Desc1:          a tcl/tk interface to Koen Holtman's tbackup 
Desc2:          tape backup software. 
Desc3:          
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Jon Madison writing the tcl/tk interface 
AuthorEmail:    jonboy@neuromancer.ucr.edu 
InfoSources1:   just mail me. 
InfoSources2:   
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     assistance not required (yet...i'm still learning tcl/tk) 
CurrentStat:    still in the design phase 
ETA:            I'd give it another 1-2 months before ALPHA, but i think... 
Remarks1:       ALPHA will be stable enough to be final. my "final" 
Remarks2:       release will probably be just prettying of the code; 
Remarks3:       I hope to have learned tcl/tk pretty well by the end of the 
Remarks4:       summerr (if i don't get my car first! :) 
Remarks5:       
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          Linux driver for Qlogic FAST!SCSI boards 
Desc1:          VESA and ISA versions are anticipated. PCI is not 
Desc2:          currently planned because it differs significantly 
Desc3:          from the other designs. 
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Michael A. Griffith 
AuthorEmail:    grif@cs.ucr.edu 
InfoSources1:   anon-ftp from cs.ucr.edu
InfoSources2:   pub/linux/qlogic 
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     
CurrentStat:    Assistance actively sought. 
ETA:            Skeleton written, but no runnable code exists. 
Remarks1:       
Remarks2:       
Remarks3:       
Remarks4:       
Remarks5:       
Entered:        

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Title:          Linux/PowerPC 
Desc1:          A port of the Linux 1.0 kernel to the PowerPC platform. Our current 
Desc2:          hardware is an Apple PowerMac 7100/66, but we intend it to run 
Desc3:          on all PowerPC/PCI/SCSI platforms (essentially, the current 
Desc4:          PReP hardware plus some Power Macs.) 
Desc5:          
Author:         A team of five people; contact Charlton Wilbur or Jem Lewis. 
AuthorEmail:    cwilbur@polar.bowdoin.edu; jlewis@polar.bowdoin.edu 
InfoSources1:   None yet; mailing list/WWW site on the way. You can sometimes 
InfoSources2:   read interesting speculation on comp.sys.powerpc. 
InfoSources3:   PowerPC news mentions us every now and again. 
Assistance:     not required 
CurrentStat:    some development tools ported; kernel in 1st code runs 
ETA:            kernel, Sept 94; device drivers, good question. 
Remarks1:       The biggest FAQ we've run into: 
Remarks2:       This runs *instead* of System 7, not on top of it or 
Remarks3:       on top of SoftWindows. Although I don't think it's been 
Remarks4:       tried, Linux probably won't run on top of SoftWindows because 
Remarks5:       it only emulates a 286 at the moment. 
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          Visual-Bell HOWTO 
Desc1:          A standard-format howto with instructions to disable the 
Desc2:          audible and a kernel patch as a catch-all solution 
Desc3:          
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Alessandro Rubini 
AuthorEmail:    rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it 
InfoSources1:   
InfoSources2:   
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     not required 
CurrentStat:    
ETA:            end of june 
Remarks1:       
Remarks2:       
Remarks3:       
Remarks4:       
Remarks5:       
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          Xu-lib & Widget Set 
Desc1:          A library & widget set to "emulate" the look&feel and 
Desc2:          the programming interface of OSF/Motif (R) 
Desc3:          The title is likely to change sometimes 
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Udo Baumgart 
AuthorEmail:    U.BAUMGART@hot.gun.de 
InfoSources1:   
InfoSources2:   
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     appreciated 
CurrentStat:    first code runs 
ETA:            first beta: end 1994 
Remarks1:       I hope i can compile mosaic in autumn 1994 so there 
Remarks2:       will be a non Motif version of mosaic. 
Remarks3:       I would like to have public available source for Motif 
Remarks4:       to test the stuff. BUT: Please ask via e-mail before 
Remarks5:       posting anything >20 KB. My disk is full enough 
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          aic7770 SCSI driver 
Desc1:          driver for all scsi controllers using the aic7770 chip, 
Desc2:          such as Adaptec's AHA-274x and AHA-284x models (and probably 
Desc3:          the AHA-294x), as well as some motherboards. 
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Scott M. Ferris, and others 
AuthorEmail:    sferris@winternet.com 
InfoSources1:   Announcements will be made in the linux newsgroups 
InfoSources2:   and the SCSI channel of the linux-activists mailing lists 
InfoSources3:   when the driver is ready. 
Assistance:     appreciated 
CurrentStat:    working on microcode for the sequencer. 
ETA:            
Remarks1:       Please don't email the author asking for release dates. 
Remarks2:       Developers who wish to assist should email the author with 
Remarks3:       "aic7770 development" in the subject line. All others please include 
Remarks4:       at least "aic7770" in the subject line to ease mail filtering. 
Remarks5:       Don't volunteer for testing unless you can risk all data on your disk. 
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          bochs 
Desc1:          Portable Intel x86 emulator. 
Desc2:          multi-platform emulation of the Intel 80486 & 
Desc3:          associated PC hardware suite. support for graphics via 
Desc4:          X11R5 & text mode via curses. 
Desc5:          
Author:         Kevin P. Lawton 
AuthorEmail:    bochs@tiac.net 
InfoSources1:   to join mailing list: 
InfoSources2:   mail to listproc@amscons.com, with body of: 
InfoSources3:   subscribe bochs-developers FirstName LastName 
Assistance:     appreciated 
CurrentStat:    still in the design phase 
ETA:            few months to bare 8086 version 
Remarks1:       Creating modular interface for developers to add emulation 
Remarks2:       support for favorite hardware. Framework being coded 
Remarks3:       for 80486, though currently adding support only for 
Remarks4:       real-mode instruction set, protection model, etc. 
Remarks5:       Shareware licensed. Source will be ftp'able. 
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          gpm-Linux 
Desc1:          Gpm is general purpose mouse server for the linux text 
Desc2:          console. Applications can register as clients and get 
Desc3:          cooked mouse events. I'll provide sample clients as well. 
Desc4:          Gpm is based on "selection" and "selection" is the default 
Desc5:          behaviour when no clients are there. 
Author:         Alessandro Rubini 
AuthorEmail:    rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it 
InfoSources1:   
InfoSources2:   
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     slightly appreciated (to test mouse types) 
CurrentStat:    
ETA:            beta: august; 1.0: october (conservative) 
Remarks1:       Andrew Haylett can be regarded as co-author. 
Remarks2:       The server will be presented at the Linux symposium. 
Remarks3:       
Remarks4:       
Remarks5:       
Entered:        18 Jun 1994

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Title:          x2600 
Desc1:          An atari 2600 emulator for xwindows. Graphics, but no 
Desc2:          sound. Could turn out VERY SLOW! 
Desc3:          
Desc4:          
Desc5:          
Author:         Alex Hornby. 
AuthorEmail:    csuou@warwick.ac.uk 
InfoSources1:   file /computing/systems/atari/umich/8bit/Vcs/2600doc.zip 
InfoSources2:   at src.doc.ic.ac.uk 
InfoSources3:   
Assistance:     assistance appreciated 
CurrentStat:    65xx emulator running, TIA a nightmare 
ETA:            2001 
Remarks1:       Due to the wierd memory mappings an all i/o being 
Remarks2:       memory mapped it runs very slow. If you have written 
Remarks3:       a 6502/6510 based emulator I'm interested in your ideas. 
Remarks4:       
Remarks5:       
Entered:        18 Jun 1994


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