From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 6 03:11:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA07827 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 03:11:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from golem.belabm.by (root@[194.226.122.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA07809 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 03:10:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scaner@belabm.by) Received: from belabm.by (scaner.belabm.by [194.226.122.179]) by golem.belabm.by (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA22467; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:00:25 +0200 Message-ID: <3461A343.7A94E5CE@belabm.by> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 13:00:19 +0200 From: Eugene Vedistchev Reply-To: scaner@belabm.by Organization: Global One in Belarus X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Niall Smart CC: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network card manuals References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, You may check this {http://www-s.ti.com/sc/psheets/spwu013a/spwu013a.pdf} TI manual for programming ethernet/fast ethernet ThunderLAN chip. I also can send to you sources of linux driver, written for boards based on this chipset (Compaq NetFlex-2,3 Nettelligent 10/100 cards, All on-board adapters on latest Compaq hardware) Niall Smart wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone knows of any network card manufacturers who > publish freely available detailed manuals on their cards for device driver > programmers. I'm trying to learn device driver programming, and thought > I'd start by examining some of FreeBSD's, but its all greek without some > background docs. I've tried Intel, 3com and SMC's web sites but all I > found were terse datasheets that don't help much. > > Intels manuals on the Pentium etc were excellent though :) > > Thanks, > > Niall Smart