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Date:      Tue, 02 Feb 1999 20:16:40 -0500
From:      Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, ckempf@enigami.com (Cory Kempf)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: USB drivers
Message-ID:  <4.1.19990202201553.03c2ca30@genesis.ispace.com>
In-Reply-To: <199902022342.QAA07937@usr09.primenet.com>
References:  <x7btjgf1x4.fsf@singularity.enigami.com>

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At 06:42 PM 2/2/99 , Terry Lambert wrote:
>> Tennon has MachTen, which is also a BSD port to PowerMac.
>
>It is my understanding that Tenon does not directly access the
>hardware, but instead makes ROM calls to implement their drivers.
>
>It should be noted that the Mac ROMs are neither well known for
>their reentrancy nor their tolerance of OS's that don't fake up
>"thePort".

Tenon does, it works on anything pretty much.

MKLinux, and anything these that requires Open Firmware, makes direct calls
to the devices individually if I recall.


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Drew "Droobie" Baxter
Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM)
OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA
http://www.droo.orland.me.us

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