Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:23:20 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa isa_compat.c isa_device.h Message-ID: <22041.1062847400@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Sep 2003 13:00:48 %2B0200." <20030906110047.GD82301@cicely12.cicely.de>
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In message <20030906110047.GD82301@cicely12.cicely.de>, Bernd Walter writes: >On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 09:59:25AM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote: >> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote: >> > In case anyboy is interested, here are the current ISA_COMAT drivers: >> > >> > ./i386/isa/gpib.c:#ifndef COMPAT_OLDISA >> >> This driver is useful for people running a scope from an old machine. It >> really should be rewritten though and I don't have this card. > >I wasn't aware that we have a gpib driver - no manpage :( >I'm interested in having a working ieee488 layer, but I havn't one >of these cards either. >But I have a working HP7550A Plotter and an HP9133 of unknown >condition - the later is some kind of HDD/FDD combination without any >practical worth. >Will check if I can my hands on one of those cards. Do not bother. _IF_ we want IEEE488 support, we want it so that it conforms to the industry-standard API and/or supporting SCPI. The driver which is in the tree is neither and not even close in any respect. You are welcome to pick up http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/GPIB.tgz and work from there. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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