From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 24 09:54:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9779F16A421 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:54:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from die.gestalt@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD1913C484 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:54:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from die.gestalt@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so1236385pyb for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:54:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=NzPsDstDLrchT3rjI0oVuqY+AFxvr6S1QzHsYvUQ5wc00UeomHV8je7m3DEr2SRtZO/B7AHPIPzf4WUsAczOUJYcK0ZCQCsu++DsmosJxFO75SFRzTI92Ih9/u94wL/Y3+5h3fWUT5ykpCJ1QNagxF1z4KhjuMh3jSDC+xOQnJQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=KQUNOeklsGew3SJRBdfmfRtcJnAD/o0KB1ljQiv7n+huTCxmVLsCHb5a8Uy0F81Efv2ojc661QdPfWUC33r+1Dv39E0sudcCPkspd6wXBUrqG8VbQzSvWxjHxeGMh70ns7yfTA1VeSlBYX8IhkeerI4igWhbEQcYGsPXbmJG69w= Received: by 10.65.53.3 with SMTP id f3mr7741359qbk.1182678894531; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:54:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.180.9 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:54:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bf3e10d0706240254y384ef578s12d4e6427d6d2255@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:54:54 +0200 From: "Die Gestalt" To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org, alfred@freebsd.org, mureninc@gmail.com In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <86veetgnk4.fsf@dwp.des.no> <5bf3e10d0705230314w3038a532uf0d8c0ed18a5d05f@mail.gmail.com> <5bf3e10d0705240839x17792a96hf17e6eebfa5a83da@mail.gmail.com> <5bf3e10d0705241345t11e739we0b896bab868fec6@mail.gmail.com> <5bf3e10d0706010709yab08f21s256cb894118d3bf4@mail.gmail.com> <5bf3e10d0706040455j2015a2dan685e7e80db66bd95@mail.gmail.com> <5bf3e10d0706220746y1a114792scd1ec59b95ed0ca4@mail.gmail.com> <20070623182130.GE55189@elvis.mu.org> <5bf3e10d0706231303q5c7f7128r8a0f82310f5bb7ad@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: Generic int 13h driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:54:55 -0000 That's a good point but the driver is actually a .ko that uses documented kernel interfaces (well it's not because it's documented that it will never change but you see my point). Well, there may be two not-so-documented calls but that's all. Mmm yeah and I assume some stuff about the VM86. Ok let's pretend I haven't said anything. ;) At the very least I hope to present the work at some *BSDCon. That's not as great as giving the source code but it's better than nothing for my overinflated ego.... ^^ On 6/24/07, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > On 23/06/07, Die Gestalt wrote: > > Unlikely in the short term. I made this driver for my employer, I think > > there might be reluctance about releasing it to the public. On one hand > this > > would most likely increase the quality of the code, on the other hand > this > > might hurt us in helping competition. I know this would be cool since > there > > are people out there who would like this feature. > > Keep in mind that not giving the code away to FreeBSD might make > future merging of the code more difficult for your employer, hence > once more reason for you to release the code. :) > > Cheers, > Constantine. >