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. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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