From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 27 14:44:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564B537B401; Tue, 27 May 2003 14:44:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dmlb.org (pc2-cmbg4-6-cust36.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [81.96.76.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4EB43F85; Tue, 27 May 2003 14:44:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmlb@dmlb.org) Received: from slave.my.domain ([192.168.200.39]) by dmlb.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19KmFK-000I5K-00; Tue, 27 May 2003 22:44:38 +0100 Received: from dmlb by slave.my.domain with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19KmFK-000KSz-00; Tue, 27 May 2003 22:44:38 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030527190822.8E08137B401@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 22:44:38 +0100 (BST) From: Duncan Barclay To: (Bill Paul) Sender: Duncan Barclay cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Rrrrrr..... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 21:44:40 -0000 Dear Bill, On 27-May-2003 Bill Paul wrote: > Ok, I've gotten enough e-mail about this now that it's starting to be > annoying, so I'm going to nip this in the bud right now. If this was prompted by my private email earlier today then I am sorry to have been the straw that broke your back. Having searched the archives over the past couple of days and not finding too much hard information on this chipset I decided a short note to you might speed up the effort I am making in porting the Linux driver. Maybe I didn't make that clear. I have been posting to -current and -mobile on the topic over the past week. The information below confirming that the API is different is all that I asked for. I will carry on with my porting effort. Thanks Duncan > People have started asking me about the Broadcom 4400 series chips. > They have noticed that there's this "if_bge" driver with the word > "Broadcom" associated with it, and seem to think it may somehow be > coerced into working with the 44xx chipset, even though the documentation > implies nothing of the sort. So everybody listen up: > > *NO*, the 44xx chips are *NOT* the same as the 57xx chips. The 57xx > devices are 10/100/1000. The 44xx are 10/100 *ONLY*. > > *NO* they do *NOT* have the same programming API. > > *NO*, the bge(4) driver will *NOT* work with the 44xx chips. Ever. I don't > care how much you whine. > > *NO* I don't have any programming manuals for the 44xx chips and don't > know (or care) if I ever will. > > *NO* I will *NOT* port the Linux driver to FreeBSD. > > Is everyone clear on this now? Good, because any further questions > along these lines will be summarily ignored. > > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu > wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems > ============================================================================= > "If stupidity were a handicap, you'd have the best parking spot." > ============================================================================= -- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | dmlb@dmlb.org | dmlb@freebsd.org|