Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 11:20:10 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pascal@pascal.org (Freeman P. Pascal IV) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, pascal@calvary.pascal.org Subject: Re: Maxpeed SS8 drivers... Message-ID: <199704030150.LAA05710@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <333D9299.31DFF4F5@pascal.org> from "Freeman P. Pascal IV" at "Mar 29, 97 02:07:21 pm"
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Freeman P. Pascal IV stands accused of saying: > > I was curious if anyone has written Maxpeed SS8 drivers for 2.1.x or > 2.2? I've recently come into possession of four boards and being > able to run them with FreeBSD would be a boon to me. I don't know of anyone that has. If you are interested in having a driver written/modified, I am available for that sort of work and my rates are quite reasonable. > As a side questions. Just how hard is it to translate Linux drivers > for serial equipment for use with FreeBSD. I do have the latest > Linux drivers from ftp://ftp.maxpeed.com. Generally, not easy at all. The best way to go is normally to use the Linux driver as a reference for "how to make the hardware dance", and rework one of the BSD serial drivers to make it match. > -Freeman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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