This is the Linux Project Registry, v.1.1. It is divided into several parts, as follows: * (I) Short Listing of Projects Underway * (II) Abstracts/Descriptions of Projects from (I) *(III) Short Listing of Continuing Projects * (IV) Abstracts/Descriptions of Projects from (III) * (V) Linux Mailing Lists/Channels * (VI) Completed projects But first, some Administrivia. First and foremost: You will notice that there are two new sections: (V) Linux Mailing Lists/Channels (VI) Completed Projects If you have additional entries, send 'em my way. I know there are more lists and channels,but danged if I know what they are. :-) Also: This is a Project Registry. I am not a project coordinator, and unless my name is listed on a project, I really can't help you with questions on that project. I'd like to, but I really can't. Please direct questions on projects to the appropriate person, mailing list, or to comp.os.linux. Next: The list is going weekly, at least until it gets established. I've recieved excellent responses to the list, and it looks like this thing will actually work! :-) Oh, yeah. It's moving from every Friday to every Monday. Last: New entries or changes to entries will now be marked with an asterisk (*) in the first column. Also, the section listing above will have a * in front of its section number if there's a changed entry in the section. As always, We Thank You for Your Support! ;-) And now begins the Linux Project Registry... ================ PART I ============================================ Project Name Status Email Address -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) X386 port for VGA Middle Burner hzatz@graphics.cornell.edu 2) Keyboard key switching in fridge thoth@uiuc.edu (Ctrl -> Caps Lock, etc.) 3) Kernel TCP/IP Alpha.3 Rel. bir7@leland.stanford.edu Testers Needed (See PART II) 4) Boottime Root Choice Init. Code geek@cmu.edu Eval & Struct bg11@andrew.cmu.edu 5) ISO9660 file system(CDROM) beta eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil 6) SCSI CDROM support beta rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu 7) X386 port for 8514/A Alpha test martin@cs.unc.edu Testers needed 8) Common LISP implementation Alpha test haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de 9) Linux Kernel 0.97-pl2 torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi 10) Linux Root Disk 0.97.1 jwinstea@jarthur.Claremont.edu 11) Linux man(2) pages (see PART II) jwiegand@moe.eng.temple.edu 12) SoundBlaster/SB Pro/Adlib (see PART II) gt7080a@prism.gatech.edu support 13) AHA 1732 32-bit SCSI begin late Aug. mikee@seas.gwu.edu 14) PLP printer spooler Primary port dhs@moeng2.minc.umd.edu project 15) X386 for Trident SVGA alpha test alanh@logitek.co.uk 16) MS-DOS file system support alpha test almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch 17) LILO--Generic Boot Loader alpha test almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch 18) Port of GRASS 4.0 porting asmall@mach1.wlu.ca 19) Port of sc (spreadsheet) beta test djansa@shorty.cs.wisc.edu 20) Math emulator refinement on hold lynch@ccwf.cc.utexas 21) Extended File System enhancing card@masi.ibp.fr functionality 22) Linux kernel TCP/IP pre-alpha gc@eng.cam.ac.uk support(BSD sockets) ceh@eng.cam.ac.uk 23) Xenix emulation alpha test lfoard@turing.org 24) User Space Block Devs back burner lfoard@turing.org 25) port of xtank executes, unstable sinster@scintillal.capitola.ca.us 26) IEEE 754 implementation reading stds sinster@scintillal.capitola.ca.us 27) more generic bootsect.S testing... gt7080a@prism.gatech.edu * 28) "Enhanced serial driver" initial test tytso@mit.edu ================ PART II =========================================== I have translated the comments of the programmers/porters as best I could. Quotes ("") indicate that the programmer/porter's own description is used. (If I've messed anything up, please feel free to let me know. Nicely. :-) 1) Port of X386 to work with standard VGA 2) Keyboard patches to allow switching of keys (eg-- for ) gone from back burner to fridge. 3) Kernel TCP/IP support, in Alpha.3 Release. Testers are needed; see the NET channel of the mailing list for more information or to volunteer. 4) "boottime root choice. i.e. at boot time, as user for root partition (with default and timeout)." 5) "ISO9660 filesystem (CDROM)" now beta; no known or outstanding bugs. 6) "SCSI support for CDROM" works fine, but has known bugs and difficulty with existing SCSI support; now beta 7) Port of X386 server to work with video cards regiter-compatible with IBM 8514/A Display Adapter. Alpha testing begins 27 July, 1992, and testers with non-ATI, 8514/A-register-compatible adapters are needed. Please contact martin@cs.unc.edu (Kevin E. Martin) to volunteer. 8) Implementation of Common Lisp for Linux 9) Err, 'nuff said, eh? :-) 0.97, Patch level 2 is the most currentest version (as of Noon, CST, 28 August, 1992 :-). 10) 0.97.1 is the most current version of the root disk. 11) Due for an end-of-August release (maybe). "Hopefully the best damn guide you will ever see." ;-) 12) SoundBlaster/SoundBlaster Pro/AdLib sound card support; currently only plays sampled sounds; full support in the works. 13) Will begin work on AHA 1732 32-bit SCSI drivers in late August (unless someone beats him to it). 14) porting Patrick Powell's PLP lpd software from U of Minnesota. 15) X386 Trident support is in alpha test stage, and has been sent to Orest for inclusion in the next release of X386. 16) MS-DOS file system support is currently supported in the kernel, and allows MS-LOSS (err-I mean "MS-DOS" :-) floppies and HDs to be mounted. 17) LILO is a fs-independent boot loader which can boot other systems and allows interactive selection of the kernel or OS to be booted. 18) GRASS (Geographical Resources Analysis Support System) 4.0 is a PD raster/vector GIS (Geographic Info System), image processing system, and graphic production system used extensively at government offices, universities, and commercial organizations encompassing 250 user programs, written in C, containing over 300,000 lines of code. (Description provided by Alastair Small, from "Intro to GRASS 4" by Jim Westervelt, 17, July, 1991) 19) sc (spreadsheet calculator) is in beta test, working on arrow key support. 20) Math Emulator Refinement is currently on hold. 21) The extended fs is now included in the kernel, but Remy is still working on enhancing its functionality. 22) Linux kernel TCP/IP support to provide BSD4.3 socket support, as BSD source- based FTP and TELNET will form part of alpha release. Hopefully, socket routines will allow development of NFS routines. 23) Xenix emulation; now in alpha test, testers needed. 24) User space block devices--requests for read/write ops passed to user process instead of device driver. Once network support is added, could be easily modified to allow remote (non-shared) mounts of HDs. Currently works well enough to have user process ramdisk; wants to make Stacker-like program, but needs block compression code. If you want to take it over, email him. 25) port of xtank 26) implementation of IEEE 754 standard; still reading standards 27) working on more generic bootsect.S, to allow boot from floppy or 1M HD partition. Currently works on his machine, but diffs in boot sequences causing problems on others. * 28) Enhanced serial drivers ================ PART III ========================================== On-going Projects Project Name Last "Issue" Email Address -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) Project Registry 21 August, 1992 constellation!biglaw!registry@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu or callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu 2) FAQ list 11 July, 1992 linux@numero6.greco-prog.fr 3) Meta-FAQ Last Monday Lars.Wirzenius@helsinki.fi 4) Bug Reports/Fixes (none; ongoing) ml-linux-bugs@dg-rtp.dg.com 5) Mtools FAQ 21 July, 1992 almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch 6) Linux BBS list 12 August, 1992 healyzh@holonet.net * 7) Linux ftp site 21 August, 1992 boyer@sumax.seattleu.edu file listing ================ PART IV =========================================== 1)This list, obviously :-). To get your project on this list (which will be posted bi-weekly, or weekly, if there's sufficient demand), send a message with the Subject line: Linux Project Registry, and the body containing: 1) your email address (if you don't include it, I'll use the address from the mail-header, which tends to be messy around here) 2) a short description of your project (see above for examples) and 3) a status report (eg, Alpha.3 Release, beta testing, etc.) to constellation!biglaw!registry@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu (constellation!biglaw!registry works from some sites; constellation's full address is constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu) or, (IF and ONLY IF the above address doesn't work for some reason) callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu If you send me something to include in the list, please send me a note when the status changes, as well. It's kinda hard to keep up with you guys, as fast as you're going on some of these projects. :-) 2) the Frequently Asked Questions List. If you have a question, read it first. 'Nuff said. 3) The "Meta-FAQ"; a short list of pointers with accidental answers :-) 4) The "official" Linux Bug-Report site. The proper procedure is: 1) post to comp.os.linux to determine if your bug is, in fact, a bug, or if it is a problem with your system (or your system's admin :-) 2) get the Bug Report Template, fill it out, and mail it to ml-linux-bugs@dg-rtp.dg.com If you have a bug fix/workaround, follow the same procedure, but with a different template. 5) Frequently Asked Questions about mtools; primarily addresses installation issues. Posted regularly. 6) Linux BBS registry: a world-wide list of Linux-carrying BBSs (for those without Internet access). * 7) "00-index.txt" ASCII file, lists directory contents with 40 character file descriptions, like those at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and wuarchive.wustl.edu. Needs info on what is what at tsx-11.mit.edu. ================ PART V ============================================ Mailing lists/channels: Use the first address to send messages to the list; use the second to join the list. PLEASE remember to use the -request address to join mailing lists... Alpha testing channel: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi Man page channel: linux-man@stolaf.edu linux-man-request@stolaf.edu ================ PART VI =========================================== Completed Projects: Project Version Site Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) BPE (Binary Patch Editor) 1.3 A port of DOS BPE editor 2) zoo (archive program) ??? A 3) zip (zip18g, unz50m) (none) waiting for info-zip official release 4) diskgeom ??? D DOS program to read HD ROM 5) time (time command) ??? AB not date from timebin.tar.Z, but time SITE CODES: A tsx-11.mit.edu B reggae.oit.unc.edu C nic.funet.edu D ???.tamu.edu ================================================================================ Any constructive comments can be sent to me, callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu and any flames can be sent to /dev/null :-) James James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator OU Law Library Callison@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu /\ Callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor constellation!biglaw!callison@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work... You don't tug on Superman's cape, You don't spit into the wind, You don't pull the mask off that ol' Lone Ranger And you don't mess around with Jim --Jim Croce, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"