From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jun 25 20: 3: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from sac.uky.edu (sac.uky.edu [128.163.1.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582C214CB6 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 20:02:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from repett0@sac.uky.edu) Received: from localhost (repett0@localhost) by sac.uky.edu (8.9.1/891-uk) with SMTP id XAA00760; Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:02:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:02:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Ronald Petty To: Greg Lehey Cc: Barney Wolff , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sgi and freebsd In-Reply-To: <19990626122546.A427@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org That is where the problem lies, I have no experience with device drivers, I know the graphics part of this project however I have never built my own hardware(gloves) and the drivers to run them. That is the project in a nut shell. Any good tips.. Thanks... Ron ======================================================================== Ron Petty 252-7173, repett0@sac.uky.edu, Aprt 108 217 Virginia Avenue ======================================================================== On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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 > >> 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message