From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 2 17:18:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14017 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:18:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14007 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 17:17:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4002.ime.net [209.90.195.12]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id UAA80084; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:17:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19990202201553.03c2ca30@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:16:40 -0500 To: Terry Lambert , ckempf@enigami.com (Cory Kempf) From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: USB drivers Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199902022342.QAA07937@usr09.primenet.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:42 PM 2/2/99 , Terry Lambert wrote: >> Tennon has MachTen, which is also a BSD port to PowerMac. > >It is my understanding that Tenon does not directly access the >hardware, but instead makes ROM calls to implement their drivers. > >It should be noted that the Mac ROMs are neither well known for >their reentrancy nor their tolerance of OS's that don't fake up >"thePort". Tenon does, it works on anything pretty much. MKLinux, and anything these that requires Open Firmware, makes direct calls to the devices individually if I recall. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message