Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 09:09:06 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: fschan@capgemini.com.sg (Chan, Fook Sheng) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC drivers Message-ID: <199807081609.JAA00539@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Jul 1998 20:23:15 %2B0800." <35A364B3.B900A520@capgemini.com.sg>
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> Hi > > Just curious, how do one find the neccesary info to write a driver of > say 3c509 fro FreeBSD? You mean like, eg. /sys/i386/isa/if_ep.c? (The 3c509 driver.) You go to the manufacturer of the card, and you ask them for the programmer's reference manual for it. In some cases, you look at the card and the chip(s) on it, and go to the chip manufacturer instead. Many of them put their datasheets on the web. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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