From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 2 17:50:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16036 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:50:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA16030 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:50:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA05710; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 11:20:10 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704030150.LAA05710@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Maxpeed SS8 drivers... In-Reply-To: <333D9299.31DFF4F5@pascal.org> from "Freeman P. Pascal IV" at "Mar 29, 97 02:07:21 pm" To: pascal@pascal.org (Freeman P. Pascal IV) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 11:20:10 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, pascal@calvary.pascal.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[