Linux Projects Map
Archive-name: linux/Projects-Map
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-Modified: 04 Dec 1995
Linux Projects Map
This is the Linux Projects Map (LPM). Here you'll find some information
concerning popular projects that are currently in the design or coding
stage. The LPM is maintained by Harald Milz (Harald.Milz@Linux.org).
BEFORE YOU ASK FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS PLEASE CONSULT THIS DOCUMENT.
Code for these projects is not publicly available yet or in
early ALPHA stage. However, the software is being worked on
and will be eventually available. Please DO NOT send hundreds
and thousands of questions to the developers but instead
let them spend their time working on the project. The Linux
Projects Map will be updated regularly and will be available on
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/Projects-Map/Projects-Map.gz. The
latest and greatest version is always being kept on
ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/Projects-Map.gz and
http://www.ix.de/ix/linux/Projects-Map.html. Plus, it will be posted to
comp.os.linux.answers on a monthly basis.
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 eventually. ;^)
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
Linux Software Map, LSM).
The LPM is for non-commercial Linux software projects only. As a supplement
for commercial software, there is the Linux Commercial-HOWTO.
Linux-specific hardware projects are not covered here -- it doesn't seem as
if there were too many of them.
If you are going to develop a piece of software not specifically related
to the Linux kernel, please consider to contact the FSF (gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu)
so that they can try to coordinate with their volunteers -- no reason to
re-invent the wheel, right? ;-)
Sample entry follows (similar to the old LSM format). Some sample entries
(e.g. "Assistance") don't cover every possible item - feel free to enter what
you like, but don't create new fields and PLEEZE DON'T CHANGE FIELD
NAMES. Field lengths are now arbitrary, but avoid an overall length of more
than 78 characters. The format is subject to change -- it will reflect Lars'
new LSM format eventually. By now, please stick to the current format.
If you want to give some pointers to further information, please use the URL
format so that the pointers will be clickable in the HTML format. Thank you.
Field: Description
----------- ------------------------------------------------------
Title: The name of the package. example: "Linux for DEC 21064"
Desc1: 5 lines of text describing the package's function or purpose
Desc2: The more descriptive you are the more useful the entry
Desc3: will be.
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Who is going to write the package.
AuthorEmail: The author's email address (optional)
InfoSources1: where to get additional information such as mailing lists,
InfoSources2: local newsgroups or FTP/WWW sites (please use the URL format,
InfoSources3: but do not hyphenate them. No HREFs please).
Assistance: assistance needed? {required | appreciated | not required }
CurrentStat: {still in the design phase | first code runs | approaching
ALPHA status | in ALPHA | code is available on (FTP path)}
ETA: Estimated time of arrival (optional & conservative ;)
Remarks1: Other info of value (up to the developer), 5 lines.
Remarks2: Additional info that won't fit in one of the above fields.
Remarks3:
Remarks4:
Remarks5:
CHANGES
This section shows you all recent changes (not more than a handful to
keep it handy) so that you don't have to search the whole list.
Date Entry name (abbrev.) type of change
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Nov 18 1995 TFS Tape-Filesystem new
ATAPI cdrom changer support new
DCE Secure Core for Linux new
Nov 22 1995 Viper 1.0 deleted (stopped)
Nov 27 1995 5LiS - "Linux STREAMS" project stopped
Civilization for Linux update
Dec 04 1995 Plug-and-Play (PnP) Device Support new
Title: 5LiS - "Linux STREAMS"
Desc1: LiS is a STREAMS framework which will be like
Desc2: SVR4 STREAMS. You'll be able to use multiplexing a will have
Desc3: a development aid: a Linux STREAMS modules testbeds.
Desc4: Good to do networking and other things.
Desc5:
Author: Francisco J. Ballesteros, Graham Wheeler, Lars Dahl-Hansen, Rodney Thayer, Dennis Henriksen, Tim Grube, ...
AuthorEmail: linux-streams@ordago.uc3m.es
InfoSources1: email LiS@ordago.uc3m.es to get in touch w/ authors
InfoSources2: finger LiS@ordago.uc3m.es to get LiS state-of-the-art
InfoSources3: linux-streams@ordago.uc3m.es majordomo mailing list
Assistance: assistance appreciated
CurrentStat: (projects stopped as of Nov 22, 1995. See WWW page)
ETA:
Remarks1: Would enjoy to hear comments from the kernel guys.
Remarks2: We are beginning w/ an implementation. Will set up an
Remarks3: ftp site when the code is complete.
Remarks4:
Remarks5: Will need help specially to port drivers to STREAMS.
Entered: 27 Nov 1995
Title: ATAPI cdrom changer support
Desc1: Add kernel support for ATAPI (EIDE) based cdrom changer to
Desc2: switch between cds. -- PLEASE NOTE: Users with CD-ROM
Desc3: changers that support the ATAPI standard should already be
Desc4: able to mount the cd in the first slot. If you can't
Desc5: then it is not an ATAPI compliant CD-ROM drive.
Author: B. Galliart
AuthorEmail: bgallia@luc.edu
InfoSources1: ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/atapi/8020_25.ps
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: required
CurrentStat: design phase
ETA: unknown
Remarks1: Need help from people with an understanding of C
Remarks2: also, any knowledge of Unix ioctl calls is helpful.
Remarks3: This project is only ment to add support to cdrom changers
Remarks4: which support the ATAPI standard. People with proprietary
Remarks5: cdrom changers will not benfit from the patch.
Entered: 18 Nov 1995
Title: ATM on Linux
Desc1: State of the art (UNI 3.1) ATM support for Linux, including
Desc2: ATM device drivers (ENI155p and ZN1221), native ATM API,
Desc3: UNI 3.1 signaling, and IP over ATM
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Werner Almesberger
AuthorEmail: werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch
InfoSources1: http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm/
InfoSources2: Progress is reported to the linux-atm mailing list
InfoSources3: (subscriptions to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu)
Assistance: please contact the author
CurrentStat: stable for PVCs, SVCs and driver support are progressing
ETA: 11/95
Remarks1:
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Entered: 23 Oct 1995
Title: BACKNET (BACKpropagation neural NETwork)
Desc1: A C++ - class library for simulating a neural network,
Desc2: using the backpropagation paradigm, but open for other
Desc3: paradigms, too.
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Marko Meyer
AuthorEmail: mme@pub.th-zwickau.de
InfoSources1: http://www.th-zwickau.de/~mme/back.html
InfoSources2: Email me for more informations or discussion ...
InfoSources3:
Assistance: assistance not required
CurrentStat: ready for BETA-testing
ETA: Mid/End-November for release 0.2
Remarks1: Archive site:
Remarks2: ftp://linux2.hrz.th-zwickau.de/informatik/neuro
Remarks3: Further plans: bug fixing and extensions: support for
Remarks4: parallel architectures, some new Neural-Network-Paradigms,
Remarks5: use as distributed system, performance checks.
Entered: 23 Oct 1995
Title: Caching file system, benfs
Desc1: This will be a file system that will cache files from
Desc2: another directory structure (that is currently mounted)
Desc3: onto the local hard disk. Thus if you have a slow CD-ROM
Desc4: drive you would mount it normaly, then mount its directory
Desc5: structure using benfs and access the files via the cache.
Author: Ben Frank
AuthorEmail: ben@sys.uea.ac.uk
InfoSources1: Mail me if your interested :)
InfoSources2: or if you want me to include something
InfoSources3:
Assistance: not required
CurrentStat: Still coding
ETA: End of July 96
Remarks1: The file system will prob only be able to mount read only
Remarks2: directories, but this may change depending on how things
Remarks3: go ;) I'm calling it BCFS "Bens Caching File System"
Remarks4: Check out my web pages for more info,
Remarks5: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/~ben/
Entered: 24 Oct 1995
Title: Civilization for Linux
Desc1: A strategy game for Linux, running under X
Desc2: inspired by Galactic Civilisations for OS/2
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Ingo Luetkebohle, Oliver Jowett, Sean Starkey
AuthorEmail: dodger@post.uni-bielefeld.de, oliver@jowett.manawatu.planet.co.nz, starkey@rmii.com
InfoSources1: Mailing-List: linciv@sa-search.massey.ac.nz
InfoSources2: http://www.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de/~dodger/linciv/
InfoSources3:
Assistance: assistance appreciated (see remarks)
CurrentStat: in design phase
ETA: end of next year, basic versions earlier
Remarks1: we are using C++ and intend do develop with
Remarks2: OOP principles in mind;
Remarks3: we are looking for people with expertise on AI
Remarks4: and X programming
Remarks5:
Entered: 27 Nov 1995
Title: DCE Secure Core for Linux
Desc1: The DCE secure core will implement various DCE interfaces from
Desc2: the OSF AES rather than their source code. We intend to
Desc3: implement the security services, parts of CDS and DFS etc. The
Desc4: project depends on the availability of DCE-RPC for Linux
Desc5: (which is based on freely available OSF source).
Author: Luke Howard, Michael Peterson, others soon :)
AuthorEmail: dce-linux@auswired.net
InfoSources1: http://www.auswired.net/dce
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: Would be appreciated
CurrentStat: DCE-RPC (not direct part of project) almost ready, core is still being planned.
ETA: some time in 96
Remarks1:
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Entered: 18 Nov 1995
Title: DeafGuide (Working title, better name suggestions, please email)
Desc1: Rapid Prototyper a la Sun's devguide for XVIEW 3.2
Desc2: Consists of a User Interface Editor to assist in defining the (open)
Desc3: look and feel of the UI. A separate compiler will transform the gen-
Desc4: erated interim-code into C(++) code.
Desc5: Trying to be as much DevGuide compatible as is (legally) possible.
Author: Pascal van Dam & Jasper v.d. Horst
AuthorEmail: v922539@si.hhs.nl
InfoSources1: a WWW page will be setup in early November
InfoSources2: also newsgroup alt.toolkit.xview is a good place to try
InfoSources3:
Assistance: school-project 'till late February, so we'll have to do it alone
CurrentStat: Trying to put some GIL-3 alike language into a neat grammar
ETA: First subset of xview late February, Full beta probably end of june '96
Remarks1: GNU Copyleft distribution policy
Remarks2: Initial version will generate C++ code for use with the UIT libs
Remarks3: Editor and codegenerator will have support for the slingshot
Remarks4: extensions. Later versions are planned to also generate plain XVIEW
Remarks5:
Entered: 07 Oct 1995
Title: Device driver for CED 1401 laboratory interface
Desc1: The CED 1401 is a laboratory interface providing 16 to
Desc2: 32 ADC-Chans, 4 DACs, 24 digital I/O-lines and several
Desc3: event timers and clocks. It has its own processor and
Desc4: memory and is supported by several Mac and DOS programs.
Desc5: We develop a driver to support it using Linux 1.2 / 1.3
Author: Georg v. Zezschwitz, Alessandro Rubini
AuthorEmail: zezschwi@kogs7.informatik.uni-hamburg.de, rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it
InfoSources1: Current version on
InfoSources2: ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/linux/ceddrv-xxx.tar.gz and
InfoSources3: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/lab/ceddrv-xxx.tar.gz
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: first code runs
ETA: Code runs, but we plan to enhance app-level support.
Remarks1: The CED 1401 is a device developed and sold by Cambridge
Remarks2: Electronic Design. Though hardware is not GPL, our driver
Remarks3: will be. As the 1401 is rather a "co-system" than a
Remarks4: simple dma-cards with some ADC and DACs, it will (hopefully)
Remarks5: better fit the needs for signal-processing under Linux.
Entered: 24 Oct 1995
Title: Didot - a DTP program for unix/X11 and perhaps other systems
Desc1: Didot is a frame orientated desktop publishing program/word
Desc2: processor. Features: loadable moduls, an integrated
Desc3: interpreter, runs under different GUIs, (real metrics-)
Desc4: output to many devices, support of several fonttypes.
Desc5: Didot is a real WYSIWYG programm.
Author: A few people
AuthorEmail: didot@physkn00.phys-te.uni-sb.de
InfoSources1: You can get additional information at the above address.
InfoSources2: Please contact only if you want to help developing Didot!
InfoSources3: WWW: http://physkn00.phys-te.uni-sb.de/~didot/
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: still in the design phase (first code runs)
ETA: no comment :-)
Remarks1: Didot uses VGUI - a virtual graphical user interface
Remarks2: which will support diffrent GUIs. At the moment Motif
Remarks3: and Tk. See entry for VGUI..
Remarks4: The programming language for Didot is C++.
Remarks5:
Entered: 31 May 1995
Title: ELKS (Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset) - Linux 8086
Desc1: Linux core running on [initially] 8086 hardware with
Desc2: 64K split I/D binaries
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alan Cox and others
AuthorEmail: elks@www.linux.org.uk
InfoSources1: Usual DOS documentation 8)
InfoSources2: Web page http://www.linux.org.uk/Linux8086.html
InfoSources3:
Assistance: see Remarks3-5
CurrentStat: Working on C compiler and libs; building a Linux8086 binary emulator
ETA: Depends on compiler availability and number of hackers involved.
Remarks1: Longer term target embeddable Z80 and 6809 kernels
Remarks2: [See Dave Braun's UZI before dismissing as impossible..]
Remarks3: People willing to donate a working _free_ 8086 C compiler
Remarks4: with source. Or to help with porting an existing 68000
Remarks5: compiler. General kernel hackers, 8086 assembler hackers.
Entered: 09 Jun 1995
Title: ENI155 (SONET) PCI ATM device driver
Desc1: Device driver for the Efficient Networks ENI155 155 Mbps
Desc2: SONET PCI ATM adapter.
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Werner Almesberger
AuthorEmail: werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch
InfoSources1: http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm/
InfoSources2: Progress is reported to the linux-atm mailing list
InfoSources3: (subscriptions to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu)
Assistance:
CurrentStat: first experimental release, more work in progress
ETA: 6/95
Remarks1: Some other ATM components (simple API, etc.) will also
Remarks2: be developed as part of the project.
Remarks3:
Remarks4:
Remarks5:
Entered: 23 Oct 1995
Title: GNU Paint (very tentative)
Desc1: X11-based paint program. Will be a big improvement over
Desc2: XPaint. The object is to implement a lot of features similar
Desc3: to mid-range graphics editing/creation software. Probably
Desc4: bitmapped, not vector-based
Desc5:
Author: Arun Bhalla and David Johnston (and others, hopefully)
AuthorEmail: abhalla@imsa.edu, daj@lclark.edu
InfoSources1: http://www.lclark.edu/~daj/gpaint.html
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: still in the early design phase
ETA:
Remarks1: One of the most important things in this project is that
Remarks2: we're going to allow plug-ins and file filters such as Kai's
Remarks3: Power tools. We're still open to suggestions on what we
Remarks4: should include, even if you don't want to help out.
Remarks5:
Entered: 01 Sep 1995
Title: GNUStep
Desc1: A free implementation of NeXT's OpenStep standard
Desc2: for GNU/Linux and a myriad of other UNIX flavors.
Desc3: Intended to be compatible with the forthcoming
Desc4: OpenStep implementations by NeXT, DEC, Sun, and
Desc5: possibly HP.
Author: Andrew McCallum, Paul F. Kunz, and many others.
AuthorEmail: mccallum@gnu.ai.mit.edu, Paul_Kunz@SLAC.Stanford.Edu
InfoSources1: EMail Martin Michlmayr (tbm@myka.com)
InfoSources2: http://www.gnustep.org/gnustep
InfoSources3: discussion-request@ihq.com (mailing list request address)
Assistance: actively sought
CurrentStat: objcX 0.86 and libobjects available
ETA:
Remarks1: Volunteers should please contact Martin Michlmayr
Remarks2: (tbm@myka.com). If you have any questions, please don`t
Remarks3: hesitate to ask Martin Michlmayr.
Remarks4: Web-mirrors: http://fvkma.tu-graz.ac.at/gnustep/gnustep.html
Remarks5: http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/gnustep/gnustep.html
Entered: 25 Sep 1995
Title: Image Workbench
Desc1: Full set of image manipulation algorithms, conversion of as
Desc2: many graphic file formats as possible, construction of
Desc3: algorithms in an environment like khoros2, easy interface for
Desc4: plug-ins and everything which is needed for a full flavoured
Desc5: image workbench.
Author: Andreas Heilwagen, Germany
AuthorEmail: crashcar@informatik.uni-koblenz.de
InfoSources1: There will be some snapshots and hopefully an alpha version
InfoSources2: in 1996.
InfoSources3:
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: first code runs
ETA: a long series of alpha versions until v1.0, starting in Jan 1996
Remarks1: implementation language C++, portability to any other 32 bit
Remarks2: platform with a gui, implementation of as many interesting
Remarks3: graphic algorithms as possible. If you have interesting
Remarks4: graphic algorithms (description, pseudo code, documented
Remarks5: implementation), feel free to contribute.
Entered: 21 Oct 1995
Title: LUMP (Linux Using Multiple Processors)
Desc1: Linux running SMP over Intel MP compliant
Desc2: i486/i586 motherboards
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alan Cox and others
AuthorEmail: Alan.Cox@linux.org
InfoSources1: http://www.intel.com for the MP spec in postscript
InfoSources2: Support chip documentation only in paper form
InfoSources3: Mailing list linux-smp@www.linux.org.uk
Assistance: The more the merrier
CurrentStat: Design, waiting delivery of board for initial test programs
ETA: 1st quarter 96
Remarks1: sponsored by Caldera, http://www.caldera.com
Remarks2:
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Entered: 22 Jun 1995
Title: LessTif
Desc1: LessTif is a free clone of the Motif 1.2 widget set.
Desc2: When completed, any source written for Motif 1.2,
Desc3: no matter how in depth the sourc's dependency on
Desc4: internal Motif functions, constants, or structures
Desc5: will function the same in LessTif.
Author: The Hungry Programmers
AuthorEmail: hungry@uidaho.edu
InfoSources1: ftp://pain.csrv.uidaho.edu/pub/hungry/lesstif/
InfoSources2: mailing list: lesstif@pain.csrv.uidaho.edu
InfoSources3: http://www.hungry.com:8000/ (moved!)
Assistance: assistance and testing appreciated
CurrentStat: Some widgets function, many don't. Most functions are stubs.
ETA: Working base library by end of summer. (f. northern hemisphere)
Remarks1: LessTif is to be GPL'ed.
Remarks2: Send a message with a line in its body (not its subject) which
Remarks3: says "subscribe lesstif" or "subscribe lesstif-digest" to join
Remarks4: the mailing list.
Remarks5:
Entered: 21 Oct 1995
Title: Linux-Word (name subject to change)
Desc1: This is a project to create a word processor for the
Desc2: Linux community. It will be X-based (at least initially)
Desc3: and support the usual word processing features along with
Desc4: some extensions, as yet to be determined.
Desc5: Name is tentatively "*word"
Author: The linux-word programming group
AuthorEmail: btv@ldl.healthpartners.com (Coordinator)
InfoSources1: Mailing list: linux-word@kuai.se (after Sept 1, 1995)
InfoSources2: FTP Site: Europe, ftp://hell.cg.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux-word
InfoSources3: WWW Page: Europe, http://www.hio.hen.nl/~alberink/word.html
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: Starting to discuss API design, starting to code.
ETA: When we are satisfied it is worthy to be released.
Remarks1: Software will be GPL'ed. C++ will be the language used.
Remarks2: We are planning on many front ends (GUI, CHUI, TUI).
Remarks3: First working version will probably be text-only.
Remarks4: Old mailing-list is linux-word@vger.rutgers.edu.
Remarks5: Mailing-list archived at ftp://hell.cg.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux-word
Entered: 29 Aug 1995
Title: Linux/68k for MVME166
Desc1: This is a port of Linux/68k-1.2.13 to run on Motorola MVME166
Desc2: boards (MVME167 also?). The MVME166 is 68040 based with on-
Desc3: board SCSI, Ethernet, serial ports (4), RTC, timers, parallel
Desc4: port.
Desc5:
Author: Richard Hirst
AuthorEmail: srh@gpt.co.uk
InfoSources1: e-mail me
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: not required
CurrentStat: System runs, can compile its own kernel, no ethernet yet
ETA:
Remarks1: Not 100% stable, but will run for hours before 68040 access
Remarks2: fault reported. Runs cslip at 115200 baud to 486 PC.
Remarks3: Current plan is to speed up SCSI driver (currently slow
Remarks4: and polled), then move on to ethernet.
Remarks5:
Entered: 04 Nov 1995
Title: Linux AX.25 stack
Desc1: AX.25 protocol stack for the Linux OS
Desc2: including IP over AX.25 UI frames
Desc3: No NetROM, DAMA or IP over VC yet
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alan Cox, Jonathan Naylor
AuthorEmail: Alan.Cox@linux.org, jsn@cs.nott.ac.uk
InfoSources1: AX.25 protocol specification, SDL diagrams from the 7th ARRL#
InfoSources2: computer networking conference
InfoSources3:
Assistance: For NetROM, and especially european users on DAMA networks to
CurrentStat: Stable, solid, but not full featured.
ETA: Full system fall 1995
Remarks1: Now in the 1.3.0 kernel, BSD code removed.
Remarks2:
Remarks3:
Remarks4: Application layer programs starting to appear
Remarks5: Drivers for PI/2 card and dumb SCC cards exist.
Entered: 09 Jun 1995
Title: Linux Mobile-IP
Desc1: Support for mobile hosts under Linux. This would allow a
Desc2: mobile host to maintain its network connection transparently
Desc3: even as the host moves across different networks. The
Desc4: IETF Draft "IP Mobility Support" will form
Desc5: the basis of this mobile-IP implementation.
Author: Vipul Gupta, Ben Lancki
AuthorEmail: vgupta@cs.binghamton.edu, ben@anchor.cs.binghamton.edu
InfoSources1: IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) mobile-IP drafts
InfoSources2: are in directory ftp://software.watson.ibm.com/pub/mobile-ip
InfoSources3:
Assistance:
CurrentStat: An alpha version was released on Aug 31, 1995
ETA:
Remarks1: The alpha version (along with supporting documentation)
Remarks2: can be retreived from anchor.cs.binghamton.edu (128.226.3.28,
Remarks3: ftp://anchor.cs.binghamton.edu/pub/Linux-MobileIP/).
Remarks4: Ongoing work is directed towards making the software more
Remarks5: compliant with the IETF draft.
Entered: 02 Sep 1995
Title: Linux NTFS driver
Desc1: File system driver for the Windows NT (tm) file system +
Desc2: user level tools a la mtools to access an NTFS volume.
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Martin von Loewis
AuthorEmail: loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de
InfoSources1: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/ntfs/
InfoSources2: Helen Custer, 'Inside the Windows NT File System',
InfoSources3: ISBN 1-55615-660-X
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: Read-only access is implemented
ETA:
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Entered: 16 May 1995
Title: Linux/VME
Desc1: Linux/VME is a port of Linux/68k to Motorola MVME147 based
Desc2: systems, e.g. machines from the Motorola Delta series.
Desc3: The MVME147 is a 68030-based VME board with WD33C93 SCSI and
Desc4: LANCE7990 Ethernet controllers as well as Z8530 SCC's.
Desc5:
Author: Michael Engel, Nils Faerber
AuthorEmail: engel@numerik.fb6.uni-siegen.de,nils@vespa.unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
InfoSources1: Our ftp server is vespa.unix-ag.uni-siegen.de. As soon as
InfoSources2: we have anything to offer, you'll find it in /pub/vmelinux.
InfoSources3:
Assistance: MVME hardware experts are always welcome...
CurrentStat: Just started off. Experimental C code runs on the machine.
ETA: Don't ask ...
Remarks1: With the help of Linux/68k cross-development tools, we are
Remarks2: able to develop C code on Linux/intel and download it in S-Rec
Remarks3: format. We hope to get some low-level stuff running rsn.
Remarks4: Donations of VME bus hardware are always welcome.
Remarks5:
Entered: 03 Aug 1995
Title: Linux device driver for AM53/79C974 PCI SCSI controller
Desc1: Features: queueing, DMA, sync. negotiation
Desc2: The AM79C974 is used in the Compaq XL, some ZEOS
Desc3: machines and the HP Vectra
Desc4: Driver software is sucessfully tested with HP C2244 (disk),
Desc5: Wangtek streamer, Toshiba 3301 CD and some Micropolis disk
Author: D. Frieauff
AuthorEmail: fri@eds.dofn.de
InfoSources1:
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: not required; test reports appreciated
CurrentStat: ALPHA status
ETA: current release is 0.3
Remarks1: Driver gives reliable operation for at least some Compaq,
Remarks2: ZEOS, and HP Pentium machines that use this SCSI chip.
Remarks3: Other people have had problems, at least some of those
Remarks4: have been fixed by getting a bug-fixed BIOS.
Remarks5:
Entered: 19 Jul 1995
Title: Plug-and-Play (PnP) Device Support
Desc1: Kernel level support for all software configurable devices
Desc2: that fall under the PnP specs. This includes support for:
Desc3: PnP BIOS, PnP ISA, legacy ISA, ESCD, PCI, EISA, and PCMCIA.
Desc4: Support for polled PnP via a daemon for hot-swapable
Desc5: devices will be the last phase (someday).
Author: Andrew E. Mileski
AuthorEmail: dmtech@magi.com
InfoSources1: http://www.magi.com/~dmtech/pnp/
InfoSources2: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/Plug-and-Play/
InfoSources3: ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/IAL/plugplay/
Assistance: Appreciated
CurrentStat: Working on the kernel interface and PnP ISA support.
ETA: Something bootable in 6 months.
Remarks1: This is a *big* long term project that will require major
Remarks2: changes to the kernel and its drivers.
Remarks3: Help is welcomed from anybody interested in kernel hacking.
Remarks4: Check the 'linux-kernel' mailing list for occasional info
Remarks5: (mail majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu with 'help' in the body)
Entered: 04 Dec 1995
Title: SCEND - Simple Configuration EditiNg moDule
Desc1: Full-screen configuration editor. Uses a generic format for
Desc2: its data files and shell scripts to convert them. Primarily
Desc3: intended to replace the current sequential kernel
Desc4: configuration script.
Desc5:
Author: Werner Almesberger
AuthorEmail: werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch
InfoSources1: Test/demo versions can be FTPed from
InfoSources2: ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/scend
InfoSources3: KERNEL channel or comp.os.linux.development
Assistance: feedback on user interface and concept appreciated
CurrentStat: development suspended (make xconfig is a reasonable compromise)
ETA: N/A (entry will be deleted if project isn't revived. hm)
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Entered: 23 Oct 1995
Title: SDBMS (Simple Database Management System) V1.0
Desc1: A relational-like database system. The system is described as
Desc2: relational-like because it provides storage and retrieval
Desc3: functionality to data stored in discrete tables, and data in
Desc4: one table can be related to data in another table via a join
Desc5: operation.
Author: Bob Dilworth, Toledo, Ohio.
AuthorEmail: rwd@toledolink.com
InfoSources1: I'll e-mail a detailed description of the system to
InfoSources2: individuals seriously interested in participating on
InfoSources3: the project
Assistance: Appreciated!!
CurrentStat: Still in the design phase
ETA: Depends on amount of assistance, etc., etc.
Remarks1: Features a background data manager that controls user access
Remarks2: to the data and a variety of stand-alone data base admin
Remarks3: commands to manage the data and the size of the data storage
Remarks4: files. Data can be accessed and manipulated interactively via
Remarks5: user terminal as well as programmatically via C function calls.
Entered: 08 Sep 1995
Title: TFS (Tape-Filesystem)
Desc1: A driver and a enhanced Minix-Filesystem for
Desc2: changing your SCSI-streamer into a blockdevice
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Stefan Opperskalski
AuthorEmail: oppersk@Worms.Fh-Rpl.de
InfoSources1: http://www.worms.fh-rpl.de/~oppersk/
InfoSources2: Email me for more informations or discussion ...
InfoSources3:
Assistance: not required
CurrentStat: ready for ALPHA-testing
ETA: Spring 1996 (reliable version)
Remarks1: Archive site:
Remarks2: See down in my www-site (download the driver)
Remarks3: Further plans: bug fixing and optimizations
Remarks4: for speed and stability
Remarks5:
Entered: 18 Nov 1995
Title: UMAX scanner driver
Desc1: Driver for at least some UMAX scanners. I have a
Desc2: Vista-S6, and would like people with all models of
Desc3: UMAX scanners who would like to beta-test to contact
Desc4: me. Particularly those with three-pass scanners and
Desc5: 30-bit color scanners.
Author: Michael K. Johnson
AuthorEmail: johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net
InfoSources1: http://www.ssc.com/ssc/Employees/johnsonm
InfoSources2: UMAX corp.
InfoSources3:
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: first code runs, but doesn't scan correctly.
ETA: driver that does basic scans ASAP, lovely Tcl/Tk wrapper someday...
Remarks1: UMAX was very cooperative in sending developer information
Remarks2: via email! Also, it seems to follow SCSI-2 quite well.
Remarks3: Now if I could only get the scanner to do something besides
Remarks4: identify itself and calibrate, I'd be in good shape.
Remarks5: I really like this scanner.
Entered: 16 Oct 1995
Title: VGUI - a Virtual Graphical User Interface
Desc1: VGUI is a C++ interface for diffrent graphical user
Desc2: interfaces. At the moment VGUI supports Motif and Tcl/Tk.
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Harald Krummeck (Vgui/Motif), H.Schepers/N.Steiner (Tk)
AuthorEmail: didot@physkn00.phys-te.uni-sb.de
InfoSources1: WWW: http://physkn00.phys-te.uni-sb.de/~didot/
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: appreciated
CurrentStat: in ALPHA (Motif), first code runs (Tk)
ETA: xx/xx/1995
Remarks1: Vgui is specially designed for Didot (see entry Didot)
Remarks2: but can used as a general interface between C++ programms
Remarks3: and a GUI.
Remarks4:
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Entered: 31 May 1995
Title: XQWK - QWK mailreader for X11 (requieres MOTIF(R))
Desc1: QWK Mailreader under X11R6, using Motif 2.0 Widget set.
Desc2: A statically linked binary version will be available.
Desc3:
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Bernd Stahl
AuthorEmail: b_stahl@ac-copy.com
InfoSources1: Send me an email!
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: not required
CurrentStat: nearly ready
ETA: conservative: sept. 95
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Entered: 11 Aug 1995
Title: XWord
Desc1: XWord is a free word processor for X. Various fonts
Desc2: and sizes are available. When completed, XWord will export
Desc3: to and import from various useful formats. Guile is used
Desc4: as an extension language.
Desc5:
Author: The Hungry Programmers
AuthorEmail: hungry@uidaho.edu
InfoSources1: ftp://pain.csrv.uidaho.edu/pub/hungry/xword/
InfoSources2: mailing list: xword@pain.csrv.uidaho.edu
InfoSources3: http://www.cs.uidaho.edu:8000/hungry/microshaft/xword.html
Assistance: assistance and testing appreciated
CurrentStat: Working -- still buggy and changing rapidly.
ETA: 2001
Remarks1: XWord will be GPLed.
Remarks2: Send a message with a line in its body (not its subject) which
Remarks3: says "subscribe xword" or "subscribe xword-digest" to join
Remarks4: the mailing list.
Remarks5:
Entered: 16 May 1995
Title: cxdrv
Desc1: A device driver for the cx100 frame grabber, by
Desc2: Image-Nation, Oregon. The driver is designes as a module,
Desc3: and can run with Linux-1.2 and 1.3.
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alessandro Rubini
AuthorEmail: rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it
InfoSources1: Source available from ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/linux and
InfoSources2: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/video
InfoSources3:
Assistance: Appreciated, to test hardware (ups's and os's)
CurrentStat: code runs
ETA: (code available on sunsite. entry will disappear soon. hm)
Remarks1:
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Entered: 23 Oct 1995
Title: dialog
Desc1: A new version of dialog-0.[456], compatible with the
Desc2: old executable. This one would be a complete rewrite
Desc3: in order to ease extension and maintenance.
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alessandro Rubini, Florian La Roche
AuthorEmail: florian@jurix.jura.uni-sb.de, rubini@ipvvis.unipv.it
InfoSources1: Mailing list dialog-list@redhat.com
InfoSources2: ftp://susix.jura.uni-sb.de/pub/linux/source/libc/ncurses/dialog
InfoSources3: ftp://iride.unipv.it/pub/linux/dialog
Assistance: Not needed, but ideas and patches are welcome
CurrentStat: dialog-0.6 runs, and is being slowly replaced
ETA: Something great by the first quater of 1996
Remarks1: The final product (dialog-1.0) will spur out in
Remarks2: graphics if invoked under xterm and will be quite
Remarks3: portable across architectures. A small "boot-disk"
Remarks4: version will be available.
Remarks5:
Entered: 21 Oct 1995
Title: shadow-3.3.2-patched (unofficial)
Desc1: A multiple upgrade to the shadow-3.3.2 package including
Desc2: better documentation, implementing people wish-lists as
Desc3: we see fit, etc. Some of the kludged bits of the shaodw
Desc4: library is being re-implemented. Bugs and memory leaks
Desc5: willl be fixed, etc.
Author: D.P.Simpson
AuthorEmail: dunsim@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
InfoSources1: Send email to dunsim@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: actively sought
CurrentStat: First module test works. Some progress on implementation
ETA: Unknown as work procceeds in fits and starts
Remarks1: Nasty things like work tend to mean the time I have to
Remarks2: continue this hacking is very limited. Further labour
Remarks3: and (eventually) ALPHA testers would be very useful.
Remarks4: My email address will last until July some time. After
Remarks5: that it may work but then again it might not.
Entered: 31 May 1995
Title: x2600
Desc1: An Atari 2600 emulator for X windows on Linux and Sun. I am
Desc2: writing it as my third year project at university, so there
Desc3: is a definate dead-line!
Desc4:
Desc5:
Author: Alex Hornby
AuthorEmail: w.a.hornby@warwick.ac.uk
InfoSources1: http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/~wilhor/
InfoSources2:
InfoSources3:
Assistance: appreciated, particularly hardware info and cart images
CurrentStat: still in the design phase
ETA: August 1996
Remarks1: I don't currently plan on emulating the sound hardware, but
Remarks2: would be interested in what options are available to play
Remarks3: 2 channel sound over a /dev/audio style interface, that would
Remarks4: work on both SunOS and Linux. ( I have the soundIt library for
Remarks5: linux but no SunOS equivalent.
Entered: 18 Aug 1995
There are several projects I've heard of but for which I haven't received
an entry yet. Here they are:
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cc.Helsinki.FI)
Alpha AXP port for Linux (-> 64 bit version)
(is in the mainstream kernel since the 1.1.70's)
Louis-D. Dubeau (hallu@info.polymtl.ca)
Linux Mach Single Server (linuxss) project
Pete Kruckenberg (kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu) is in contact with SDL to get a
driver for their V.35 board done.
Some outdated entries which are frequently being asked for:
Peter De Schrijver (deschrij@CS.kuleuven.ac.be)
has uploaded a Linux Token Ring driver for 1.2.0 to
ftp://ftp.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/unix/linux/TokenRing.patch-1.2.0.gz
and
ftp://linux3.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Linux/TokenRing/TokenRing.patch-1.2.0.gz
More info on ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/ix/Linux/docs/Token-Ring
The Linux Projects Map is maintained by Harald Milz
(hm@ix.de, http://www.ix.de/ix/editors/hm.html).