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Date:      Thu, 6 Apr 2000 16:15:24 +0100 (BST)
From:      Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com>
To:        "Eric D. Futch" <efutch@nyct.net>
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dev/vx/if_vx_pci.c 5.0-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004061614280.4127-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10004052131180.13903-100000@bsd1.nyct.net>

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You really want to look at other drivers, how they have been done. When
you are done, send me the diff and I will have a look at it.

It is fairly straightforward to convert from one to the other, once you
have understood both concepts a bit.

Nick

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Eric D. Futch wrote:

> I figured it would take more work than I put into it.  It was just a shot
> in the dark.  I think I have one of these cars in my Linux box at home
> which I wouldn't mind ripping out and sticking in this machine.  Let me
> know if it's still worth me poking around in, or if you're going ahead
> with the rewrite.  I'm gonna keep playing with it out of my own
> interest on newbusifying things. Maybe once I get a bigger clue of what
> has to be done, I'll see about newbusifying other things.  I always have
> all this extra time on my hands :)
> 
> --
> Eric Futch              New York Connect.Net, Ltd.
> efutch@nyct.net         Technical Support Staff
> http://www.nyct.net     (212) 293-2620
> "Bringing New York The Internet Access It Deserves"
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Brooks Davis wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 08:43:30PM -0400, Eric D. Futch wrote:
> >
> >I think if you install the kernel and reboot it will likely explode in
> >probe.  It takes more then just new structs.  The function signatures
> >have changed as well.  Take a look at rev 1.67 of src/sys/pci/if_fxp.c
> >to see what newbus conversion takes.  I'm taking a wack at a rewrite,
> >but like you I don't have a card, so testing will be kinda trickey.
> >
> >-- Brooks
> >
> >-- 
> >Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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