Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 21:43:08 -0800 From: Alan DuBoff <aland@SoftOrchestra.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compatibility list Message-ID: <3.0.32.19990311214304.01f51ba0@blueneptune.com>
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At 04:26 PM 3/11/99 +0000, Scott Mitchell wrote: >It's not too hideous, if you don't mind getting your hands dirty on kernel >code. Probably wouldn't mind that at all, it's all in c isn't it? I'm not terribly fond of assembler, I hear it makes you go impotent! >If you've got working code for Linux or whatever, then a 'port' amounts to >munging that into the BSD driver framework, which is a little different. <sarcasim> No kidding??? </sarcasim> I figured that much, I was hoping you might be able to share with me what some of those differences are. >The ed driver is a really good template -- I've basically ended up ripping >out the h/w specific parts of that and replacing them with the Xircom >stuff. For a 10/100 card you'll also have to deal with media >autoselection; the xl, fxp and tl (?) drivers are pretty good sources for >that. I'll look into that stuff. I guess I can get the Linux code on the distribution CD. >There you go. Easy huh? Couldn't say until I look at it!<G> Alan DuBoff - Conductor Software Orchestration, Inc. aland@SoftOrchestra.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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