Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 12:25:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sgi and freebsd Message-ID: <19990626122546.A427@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <37743f150.6704@databus.databus.com>; from Barney Wolff on Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 10:40:00PM -0400 References: <37743f150.6704@databus.databus.com>
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On Friday, 25 June 1999 at 22:40:00 -0400, Barney Wolff wrote: >> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 22:34:44 -0400 (EDT) >> From: Ronald Petty <repett0@sac.uky.edu> >> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: sgi and freebsd >> Content-Length: 385 >> >> >> does anyone know where you can get a book on sgi device drivers. We are >> doing some VR work here at UK on machines running freebsd and sgi, but we >> can't find jack about SGI irix 6.5 device drivers. I know this isn't the >> list but someone might know. > > Contact your friendly SGI support person. They have excellent manuals > online, but I think they're available only to sgi customers. One > actually can get a device driver working with their help - and sgi > also has people who can answer such questions, correctly. Of course, > that's if you have a support contract. But if you're paying for it, > you're entitled to help. I haven't looked at SGI code, but I would have thought that, as a System V implementation, it would adhere to the ddk/ddi specification, in which case there is quite a bit of literature available. If you're familiar with FreeBSD device drivers, you'll find it's similar enough to be familiar and different enough to be confusing. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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