From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 15 08:18:14 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA17010 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:18:14 -0800 Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA16984 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:18:07 -0800 From: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu Received: (from chuck@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA26380; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:17:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:17:53 -0500 Message-Id: <199511151617.LAA26380@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: "Ron G. Minnich" "Re: Device drivers" (Nov 15, 11:12am) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: "Ron G. Minnich" Subject: Re: Device drivers Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Nov 15, 11:12am, "Ron G. Minnich" wrote: } Subject: Re: Device drivers } > What they want is us (FreeBSD) to distribute objects only... } > iss that a viable option? } } I think it stinks. I'd tell intel to go straight to hell, given that DEC } PROVIDED a driver for their card. I actually did some work with this } card, but the manual is terrible and the company was most unhelpful. } } ron } } }-- End of excerpt from "Ron G. Minnich" Actually, I don't think DEC actually provided a driver for their card, I think a DEC employee provided a driver for their cards. A significant difference. -- Charles Green UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming