From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 27 14:10:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18519 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:10:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mta1.imation.com (mail2.imation.com [207.242.212.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA18457 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 14:09:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danarchy@endeneu.com) Message-Id: <199901272209.OAA18457@hub.freebsd.org> Received: from im003935 ([207.242.212.2]) by mta1.imation.com (Lotus SMTP MTA Internal build v4.6.2 (651.2 6-10-1998)) with SMTP id 86256706.007888A1; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:56:32 -0600 From: "Dan Dockery" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:50:52 -0600 Reply-To: "Dan Dockery" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Standard (2.01.1600) For Windows 98 (4.10.1998) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Micrchannel support Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Nope. If memory serves me right, the story was that IBM wouldn't release >the microchannel specs for free, so no Free OS is interested enough in >supporting a dead, outdated bus system to pay money for them. That's not entirely true. I've seen an older Linux kernel floating around with MCA support. There might even be a newer one. Perhaps what was done there could be copied by FreeBSD - if there's really enough interest. I don't have much programming ability, but I have a Model 76 (486/66) on which I'd be happy to test things. -Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message