Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 01:43:35 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HSFLinModem: Anyone want to help teach me how? Message-ID: <3CF737B7.7140C847@mindspring.com> References: <1022817193.6722.4.camel@lerlaptop>
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Larry Rosenman wrote: > Hello, > I've just joined this list in the last few days, but was wondering > if anyone out there wanted to help teach me how I/we could port the HSF > LinModem code from LINUX to FreeBSD. I have one of the recognized PCI > ID's in my Laptop, but don't even know where to start with interfacing > with the FreeBSD kernel. > > I'm willing to do it, but I've never done Kernel programming before. > I'm also very willing to help test. Start with the Rockwell supplied Linux drivers. They actually have a BSD compatible source license, so they could be included with a BSD ditribution in binary form, without making the kernel illegal due to clause 6 of the GPL being incompatible with BSD licenses. Also, make sure that you have the right identification from Windows or some other method. I have a modem in my laptop that most UNIX software claims is an HSF, but is in reality an HCF (e.g. almost all Sony laptops in recent history have a Rockwell (Connectix) HCF in them). Note that Rockwell has HCF drivers for Linux, in source code, under the same BSD-happy license, for download from their web site. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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