Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:47:25 +0700 (NOVST) From: "Denis I. Timofeev" <timofeev@granch.ru> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@sneakerz.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about submitting new drivers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107130928070.4642-100000@granch.com> In-Reply-To: <20010712212028.E6664@sneakerz.org>
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Denis I. Timofeev <timofeev@granch.ru> [010712 20:58] wrote: > > > > Our company, Granch, Ltd (http://www.granch.com), is manufacturer > > of data communication equipment. For a few years we offer a FreeBSD driver > > for leased line modems SBNI12, rather widely used in Russia. Is it able > > to include this driver to FreeBSD distribution ? > > The driver isn't hard to integrate: we should create sys/dev/sbni > > subdirectory, copy three .c and two .h files there, and patch some > > existing files (sys/conf/files, sys/conf/files.i386, sys/net/if_mib.h, > > sys/i386/i386/userconfig.c). Additionally, there is a small configuration > > utility which may be stored in src/sbin/i386/sbniconfig subdirectory, > > like cxconfig. > > This sounds cool, can you send me a url to the tarball containing these > files? Latest stable release: ftp://ftp.granch.com/pub/drivers/sbni12/FREEBSD/FreeBSD.4x/fbsd41-3.tgz > > Why are they i386 specific though? We weren't able to test our hardware on other platforms (as Alpha); the driver contains an asm fragment, but it enclosed in #ifdef/#else brackets. > > > wbr, Denis Timofeev > > system programmer of Granch, Ltd. > > > > p.s. Sorry for my English. > > English is fine and I'm guessing your Russian is a hell of a lot > better than mine. :) Thanks! > > Thanks for the work. > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] > Ok, who wrote this damn function called '??'? > And why do my programs keep crashing in it? > wbr, Denis Timofeev system programmer of Granch, Ltd. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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