Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:17:05 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LAN Support Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129211542.1248c-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <85g1m7oqur.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>
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On 28 Jan 1998, Dave Marquardt wrote: > Ping Choi <pingy@banet.net> writes: > > I noticed in the Lan Drivers Section of the FreeBSD Website under device > > support,it does not list any support for Token Ring NIC cards. Why is > > that? I have a Token Ring LAN at my job and I would like to install > > Because FreeBSD is generally a volunteer project, and no one has > written any drivers for token ring adapters yet. If you want a token > ring driver, write one. Someone is -- they just had a big discussion about it on hackers and it looks like someone who actually knows what they're doing ;) is going to hit it. Someone sent me a contract proposal to pay real money to write a token ring driver; too bad I don't do hardware programming, and the reply bounced. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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