From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Dec 31 15:33:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 15:33:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.sfo.geocast.com (unknown [209.125.100.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51BD537B400 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:33:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from swamp.sfo.geocast.com ([209.125.100.45]) by mail.sfo.geocast.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA3DFA; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:33:53 -0800 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:33:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Castor Fu" X-Sender: castor@swamp.sfo.geocast.com To: "Chad R. Larson" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alternative network media In-Reply-To: <200012312314.QAA03411@freeway.dcfinc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Chad R. Larson wrote: > So, I bought this ultra-slim Sony notebook (Vaio SR-5K) and it has > both USB and Firewire ports on it. That got me thinking. Has > anyone tried to develop IP drivers for either of those? USB is not a peer-peer scheme, so you'd have to have the appropriate magic dongle. For most of people, that's probably an ethernet-USB adapter. For firewire, under windows, Sony ships an IP stack. The NetBSD folks have made some headway. Here's the comments the inital if_fw.c: revision 1.1 date: 2000/11/05 17:17:15; author: onoe; state: Exp; First Prototype implementation of network interface part for IEEE1394 (if_fw). Current status: Only OHCI chip is supported (fwohci). ping (IPv4) works with Sony's implementation (SmartConnect) on Win98. sometimes works but not stable. Not implemented yet: IRM (Isochronous Resource Manager) functionality. Link layer fragmentation. Topology map. More to do: clean ups MCAP charactor device part dhcp To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message