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Date:      Mon, 25 Mar 1996 13:56:37 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu>
To:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, oka@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
Cc:        freebsd-atm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ENI ATM Card driver for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199603251956.NAA22691@plains.nodak.edu>

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>  I am searching information of ATM Card driver on FreeBSD.
>  Especially, I want the driver of ENI ATM Card (Efficient
>  Networks ENI155p-MF 155 Mbps ATM adapter) for FreeBSD.
>  Thanks.

>  Koji

this should sent to freebsd-atm@freebsd.org (I carbon copied this to that list
for your convenience). This list has just been started to talk about FreeBSD
ATM concerns.

It appears we are some time away from providing ATM support for FreeBSD.
I sent a sent a URL to the ATM list of a 155 Mbps project for Linux
(http://lrcwww.epfl.ch/linux-atm), and I have only looked at their API
document and listed their file names. I can't see that they implemented
this in a device dependant/independant fashion. I don't want to look at 
their files until I know their use/reuse policy.

I would like to start a dialog with FreeBSD ATM people about UNI, API
AAL, LAN emulation, PVC/SVC, etc we want shoot for when we put together
this code. I am sure we will all end up on a different switch/adapters
and that will cause great (sarcastic) joy. I don't the particulars of
the various cards, but I am sure some adapters will reassemble AAL5 packets
and some will not leading to even more headaches/performance problems.

Totally unrelated to the question, but my rambling mind has to comment on
the fact SMC will soon have an ATM card out.

--mark.



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