From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 21 19:21:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA24607 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:21:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA24594 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:20:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA07494; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:14:47 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803220314.TAA07494@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Frank Nobis cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to put source for a new ethernet card driver In-reply-to: Your message of "20 Mar 1998 09:24:40 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:14:45 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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