From owner-freebsd-tokenring Tue Jun 16 07:09:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA11096 for freebsd-tokenring-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:09:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-tokenring@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from heathers2.stdio.com (lile@heathers2.stdio.com [199.89.192.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA11091 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 07:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lile@stdio.com) Received: (from lile@localhost) by heathers2.stdio.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA24725; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:06:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:06:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Larry S. Lile" To: "Matthew N. Dodd" cc: npe@bfc.dk, tokenring@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for Turbo 16/4 PCMCIA cards ?? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-tokenring@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Larry S. Lile wrote: > > I have the spec for that card if anyone wants to give it > > a look (only serious inquiries only). > > How similar is it to the IBM shared memory cards? It is exactly the same except for it has additional registers for the pc-card bus info. Same port address, mmio addresses, shared ram address, commands (except no bridging I think) etc. Larry Lile lile@stdio.com > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 npe@bfc.dk wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to use the IBM Turbo 16/4 cards (perhaps even > > > > PCMCIA?) with the IBM Auto 16/4 drivers??? And when (2 month - 2 year > > > > ??) will there be a generic (standard) TR programming interface so > > > > customizing of the kernel would not be necessary ? > > > > > > Hummm... We don't have support for any token ring cards yet; stay tuned > > > for drivers for shared memory adapters as they will be the first to work. > > > > > > As far as code goes I don't think we'll want to reinvent the wheel any > > > more than we have to. > > > > > > > ps. I'm very pleased that someone is doing this great job with TR > > > > support in FreeBSD .. When the support is stable enough I will be able > > > > to use FreeBSD at our costumers.. (and that would be great :) > > > > > > Thats the idea. :) > > > > > > /* > > > Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life > > > winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to > > > http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 > > > */ > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-tokenring" in the body of the message > > > > > > > /* > Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life > winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to > http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 > */ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-tokenring" in the body of the message