From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 21 23:30:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA01598 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from melb.werple.net.au (melb.werple.net.au [203.9.190.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA01525 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:29:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.6/8.7.3/2) with UUCP id PAA25581; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:14:23 +1000 (EST) Received: (from jb@localhost) by freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA02178; Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:14:11 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199610220514.PAA02178@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Multidrop serial driver To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 15:14:10 +1000 (EST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199610220339.NAA12443@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Oct 22, 96 01:09:33 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: > > I think that the driver would be a useful addition to the system, and > we are more than happy to release it under a BSD copyright. If > someone with appropriate commit priviledges agrees, the driver is in > ~msmith/mdsio.tar.gz on freefall. Note that it currently uses major > 20, as I haven't had a major assigned yet. I have a dinky little PLC (actually a Siemens S7-200) that _needs_ exactly that driver. I'd certainly like to see it in the tree, so that it gets updated when there are changes that affect it. > > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) [[ > ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > Regards, -- John Birrell CIMlogic Pty Ltd jb@cimlogic.com.au 119 Cecil Street Ph +61 3 9690 6900 South Melbourne Vic 3205 Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Australia Mob +61 18 353 137