From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 23 17:33: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.snfc21.pbi.net (mta4.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06E1714F55 for ; Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:33:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jazepeda@pacbell.net) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org ([207.214.116.100]) by mta4.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.09.16.21.57.p8) with ESMTP id <0FOT0019VG9KB6@mta4.snfc21.pbi.net> for freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:32:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B31E918C9; Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:32:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:32:08 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Zepeda Subject: Re: Learning the FreeBSD Kernel In-reply-to: <20000123125439.A20851@daemon.ninth-circle.org> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Cc: Bill Maniatty , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > >A possibly better alternative is to find a device which isn't > >currently supported by FreeBSD and write a driver for it. This would > >have the advantage that the work would also be a contribution to > >FreeBSD. The question that I can't answer here is: what would be an > >appropriate device? > > Definately not an ethernet card. *g* > Seems no-one can keep up with Bill Paul in that aspect. =) > > You could try usb devices and contact Nick Hibma for his expertise on > that area. > > Also make sure the vendor is not problematic with handing out > documentation. Intel and Motorola are good examples of companies who > have pdf's available for download. Well hey. If you're looking for something rather esoteric, I've got an ancient Logitech handheld scanner that I wouldn't mind seeing a driver for. There's supposed Linux drivers out there (didn't try too hard, but it didn't work for me) and a Win 3.1 driver that doesn't work on Win95 or newer. I'd be willing to FedEx it somewhere in the states if you're hard up for something to write a driver for :^) - alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message