From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 25 18:45:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19598 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:45:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA19573 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:45:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr04.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA26654; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:44:16 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr04.primenet.com(206.165.6.204) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd026640; Tue Aug 25 18:44:08 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA00215; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:44:07 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199808260144.SAA00215@usr04.primenet.com> Subject: Re: PS/2 MCA Model 80 port --- (don't laugh too hard) To: bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu (Robert D. Keys) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 01:44:07 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu In-Reply-To: <199808252135.RAA22043@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> from "Robert D. Keys" at Aug 25, 98 05:35:34 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Although the PS/2 line is mostly a dinosaur, there are a lot of the > beasts out there. What is the potential of doing a scsi based port > to something like the model 80 line (386/16M/scsi) based upon borrowing > some of the Minix or Linux code? I am looking for something very low- > endian with no frills. Is there anyone that has done something like > that or worked in that area, or does any of the early(?) FBSD attempts > at that still exist? I have precisely this hardware sitting at home. I also have the PS/2 ethernet cards. I thought the correct approach to take would be to use the ABIOS calls, but I have been unable to locate a copy of the Red Book. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message