From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 23 12:21:32 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA10068 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 May 1995 12:21:32 -0700 Received: from easynet.com (easy1.easynet.com [199.2.26.10]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA10061 for ; Tue, 23 May 1995 12:21:26 -0700 Received: by easynet.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #7) id m0sDzWD-000rdqC; Tue, 23 May 95 12:21 WET DST Message-Id: From: brian@mediacity.com (Brian Litzinger) Subject: Re: Cyclades Driver/Multi-port Serial Card To: Dick@Seaman.Chenequa.WI.US Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199505221828.NAA25805@odysseus.quaestus.com> from "Richard Seaman, Jr" at May 22, 95 01:28:36 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1009 Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I notice that the FreeBSD.FAQ lists the Cyclades card as having > "alpha" drivers. I also notice that cy.c hasn't been updated > for over a month. Should I infer from this that: > A) There are known problems but work is not currently taking place, or > B) There are no known problems, or at least not serious ones, and that > the code is still considered "alpha" because not enough users > have tested it? or, > C) The "alpha" designation is now out of date? > If the answer is B or C I would probably get the 8 port board > and try it out. If anyone knows a good place to get the board, > I'd appreciate hearing suggestions. I wrote cyb which is not alpha. It is production and in use by ISPs all over the place. I submitted to FreeBSD several times, but it has never been integrated into the distribution. I've asked several times about it and got no response. You can get a copy for the driver from: ftp://MediaCity.Com/pub/brian/cyb2.0a.tar.gz Brian Litzinger brian@easynet.com