x-kernel Version 3.3
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Original Links:
CS Department Arizona University Home
Page.
x-kernel Home Page.
to install x-kernel in your own directory:
copy the file xk_build.tgz in your home directory,
then execute
gtar zxf xk_build.tgz
cd xk_build/solaris
source cshrc
make compose
make depend
make
To locally download the x-kernel you can click here:
xkernel.tar.Z (7.1MB compressed, 16.8MB uncompressed): The latest release of the x-kernel (version 3.3.1) running either as a user-level program or as a network simulator, both on top of Unix.
Getting Started (compressed .ps file)
X-Kernel Tutorial (compressed .ps file)
X-Kernel Programmer's Manual (compressed .ps file)
Hutchinson, N., and L. Peterson. The x-kernel : An architecture for implementing network protocols. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 17(1):64-76, January 1991.
S. W. O'Malley and L. L. Peterson. A dynamic network architecture. ACM Transactions on Computer Systems, 10(2):110-143, May 1992.