From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 4 20:59:40 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA10859 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 May 1995 20:59:40 -0700 Received: from hq.icb.chel.su (icb-rich-gw.icb.chel.su [193.125.10.34]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA10849 for ; Thu, 4 May 1995 20:59:02 -0700 Received: from localhost (babkin@localhost) by hq.icb.chel.su (8.6.5/8.6.5) id JAA24953 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 May 1995 09:58:23 +0500 From: "Serge A. Babkin" Message-Id: <199505050458.JAA24953@hq.icb.chel.su> Subject: Specialix multiport card To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 09:58:23 +0500 (GMT+0500) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 966 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Trying to write a Digiboard driver I searched for some prototypes (this is my first experience in writing BSD drivers). And I found a great thing: BSDI uses a freeware driver for Specialix card ! So we're able it too (after minor modifications) ! So if you don't know what intelligent multiplexer to buy, buy Specialix. It _nearly_ has a driver for FreeBSD and it's the best intelligent multiplexer I saw (including Digiboard, Longshine, King Card, and, probably any card based on the same chipset as Longshine and King Card - for example Boca's chipset has very like exterior and probably is the same). BTW, never buy Longshine, it's a sack of bugs. I wrote a driver for sVr3 for LCS-8683 two years ago and I had a lot of problems in avoiding card's bugs in driver. All this doesn't means that I'll stop the work on Digiboard driver. Serge Babkin ! (babkin@hq.icb.chel.su) ! Headquarter of Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Chelindbank" ! Chelyabinsk, Russia