Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:14:45 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Frank Nobis <fn@radio-do.de> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put source for a new ethernet card driver Message-ID: <199803220314.TAA07494@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "20 Mar 1998 09:24:40 %2B0100." <ygeyay5ojlj.fsf@trinity.radio-do.de>
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> > I am currently working on a port of the linux driver for a Schneider & > Koch SK G16 ethernet card. It is an older ISA modell, but I have a > bunch of them and need to support them :-/ > > At first I made two files if_skg16.[ch] to do the work. But the longer > I tried it and took code segments from the ed driver it come to me > that putting support for the SK G16 into he ed driver might be a good > idea. > > What is your opinion about that? Should we blow up the the ed driver > more and more or clutter around a bunch of standalone drivers? Is the card based on an 8390 or compatible device? If so, at worst you will have to add a probe/attach routine and interface methods. You may not want to have your code committed, depending on the overall popularity of the card in question, but this is certainly the *easiest* way to go. -- \\ 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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