From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 24 17:51:33 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net (smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net [209.3.218.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A5537B401 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:51:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellatlantic.net (client-151-198-135-12.nnj.dialup.bellatlantic.net [151.198.135.12]) by smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id UAA18535; Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:50:48 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3A6F8677.84C99A7D@bellatlantic.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 20:50:47 -0500 From: Sergey Babkin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-19990626-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en, ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dg@root.com Cc: Dennis , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_fxp driver info References: <200101242251.OAA24180@implode.root.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Greenman wrote: > > >supporting it if someone ported it over to freebsd? they have drivers for > >just about every other major OS except BSD. it would be nice if the driver > >was updated BEFORE cards and MBs that dont work started showing up on the > >loading dock. Every time I get a shipment we have to hold our breath until > >we try one out. > > "drivers for every major OS"? They have drivers for Windows, Window/NT, > and Linux. Of those Linux is the closest to FreeBSD, but that's like saying Count in SCO as well - that's at least 3 somewhat different drivers, for OpenServer, UnixWare2 (DLPI), UnixWare7 (MDI), plus perversive customized OEM versions for Compaq and ICL. Plus probably they have drivers for Netware and Solaris too. Though if they did not start supporting FreeBSD as it is I doubt very much that they would support a port of their Linux driver to FreeBSD. Maybe the most productive way would be to find contacts at Intel: they use FreeBSD code in their IA-64 BIOS so there is bound to be someone inside Intel with somewhat better knowledge of FreeBSD. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message