[ih] Early sockets discussion paper

[Paul Ruizendaal]

Yes, it is broader.

According to Kirk McKusick the discussion paper evolved into the 4.2BSD system manual, which is TR/5. That report survived in its revised 1983 form:
http://www.cilinder.be/docs/bsd/4.2BSD_Unix_system_manual.pdf
The chapter on IPC would be my focus. That said, the (abandoned) network 'portal' facility is described under the chapter on file system functionality.

There are also 'networking implementation notes', which is report TR/6. That too survived in its revised 1983 form:
https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1983/CSD-83-146.pdf

Finding 1982 versions of TR/5 and/or TR/6 would also be highly interesting.

Paul

On 28 Nov 2017, at 23:13 , Craig Partridge wrote:

> Hi Paul:
> 
> Alas I don't have the TR.  It actually sounds like a broader discussion of the overall BSD effort from its title.
> 
> I do recall reading Rob Gurwitz' review of a discussion paper about sockets and how to revamp the networking code.
> 
> Craig
> 
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Paul Ruizendaal <pnr at planet.nl> wrote:
> 
> I'm hoping someone on this list can help me locating an ancient Berkeley report: "CSRG TR/4: Proposals for the Enhancement of Unix on the Vax" (1981)
> This tech report probably contains the first draft of what would become the BSD sockets interface in the next two years.
> 
> A bit of background: to guide the development of 4.2BSD a Steering Committee was formed consisting of Bob Fabry, Bill Joy and Sam Leffler from UCB, Alan Nemeth and Rob Gurwitz from BBN, Dennis Ritchie from Bell Labs, Keith Lantz from Stanford, Rick Rashid from Carnegie-Mellon, Bert Halstead from MIT, Dan Lynch from ISI and Gerald J. Popek of UCLA. In the autumn of 1981 a discussion paper was circulated, to kick off committee discussions. I think the TR/4 report is that discussion document.
> 
> The TR/4 report does not seems to be in the Berkeley library, it is not in the CSRG archive, it is not in the (online public) DTIC archive and the folks on the Unix Heritage Society mailing list also don't appear to have it.
> 
> Anybody on this list who knows about a surviving copy?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Paul
> 
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