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.\" $NetBSD: about.me,v 1.2 2000/06/14 06:49:15 cgd Exp $
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1998-07-15 04:34:54 +04:00
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Jason R. Thorpe.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgements:
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.\" This product includes software developed for the NetBSD Project
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.\" by Jason R. Thorpe.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
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.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
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.\" AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
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.\" OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.sh 1 "References"
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.pd
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.sh 1 "Obtaining NetBSD"
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.pp
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More information about NetBSD, including information on where to obtain
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sources and binaries for the NetBSD operating system itself, may be found at
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\fBhttp://www.netbsd.org/\fR.
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.pp
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Updates to this paper may appear periodically, and can be found at
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\fBhttp://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/research/\fR.
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.sh 1 "Acknowledgments"
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.pp
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I would like to thank the following individuals for their very
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constructive input and insight during the \fIbus_dma\fR design phase:
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Chris Demetriou, Charles Hannum, Ross Harvey, Matthew Jacob, Jonathan
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Stone, and Matt Thomas.
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.pp
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I would also like to extend special thanks
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to Chris Demetriou, Lonhyn Jasinskyj, Kevin Lahey, Yvonne Malloy,
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David McNab, and Harry Waddell for the time they spent reviewing
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and helping me to polish this paper.
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.sh 1 "About the author"
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.pp
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Jason R. Thorpe is a Network Systems Engineer
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at the Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility at NASA's Ames Research
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Center. His professional interests include design and implementation of
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portable operating systems, high-speed computer networks, and network
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protocols. In addition to his work on the NetBSD operating system in
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support of network and mass storage system development projects at the
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NAS facility, he is an active participant in the Internet Engineering Task
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Force. He has been a contributor to the NetBSD Project since mid-1993,
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and has run nearly every port at one time or another. He currently maintains
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NetBSD's hp300 port, and is a member of the NetBSD Core Group.
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.pp
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The author may be reached at: Numerical Aerospace Simulation Facility,
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Mail Stop 258-5, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035,
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or via electronic mail at \fIthorpej@nas.nasa.gov\fR.
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