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> What's the status of the NETBEUI support in the kernel? The four files under 
> linux/net/netbeui have been there a long while but they have no Makefile and
> don't compile when I attempt to do so manually.

They are basically useless. I think I submitted a diff to remove them about
2.1.50 or so when it became apparent that it was a hard project nobody was
doing. Until this was mentioned I didnt realise they hadnt been dropped.

If you want the URL to the IBM document on netbios stuff just ask

Linus can you rm -rf net/netbeui please - the code there is too broken to
help anyone.

> Was the support abandoned because of the fundamental brokenness of the
> protocol design?

Time, people, difficulty and the fact even MS are trying to kill it off


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