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Date:      Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:27:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Comtrol RocketPort
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012311324350.85056-100000@beppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20001231140539.04882cb0@localhost>

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beppo.feral.com > locate rp.c|grep usr/src/sys
/usr/src/sys/boot/common/interp.c
/usr/src/sys/i386/isa/rp.c
/usr/src/sys/netatalk/aarp.c
/usr/src/sys/netatm/spans/spans_arp.c
/usr/src/sys/netatm/uni/uniarp.c


> He's got 16-port PCI cards and some 16-port ISA cards.
> 
> If someone's already applied the shims, that's
> great! Where's it hidden in the tree, though?
> I don't see it. (Might just be slow this morning.)
> 
> --Brett
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:59 AM 12/31/2000, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>   
> 
> >frobzit.feral.com > uname -a
> >FreeBSD frobzit.feral.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #4: Sat Dec 16
> >14:59:01 PST 2000     root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/FROBZIT  i386
> >frobzit.feral.com > dmesg|grep ocket
> >RocketPort0 = 8 ports
> >frobzit.feral.com > dmesg|grep rp
> >rp0: <rp> port 0x6000-0x603f irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0
> >rp0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> >WARNING: driver rp should register devices with make_dev() (dev_t =
> >"#rp/0x10080")
> >
> >Aside from the whine about make_dev, I've been quite happy. And this is with
> >stuff in the tree- no need to grab something from the website. I assume that
> >4.2 would be the same. This is the 8 port PCI card.
> >
> >On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Brett Glass wrote:
> >
> >> I've gotten a request to upgrade an ISP's systems from FreeBSD 3.x to 
> >> 4.2-STABLE. Unfortunately, he's using Comtrol RocketPort cards for his 
> >> modems, and a check of the Comtrol site shows only drivers for 2.x and 3.x. 
> >> Will I be able to get the cards working on 4.x? If not, he may have to 
> >> forego the upgrade or toss out lots of hardware (which I'm sure would be 
> >> expensive to replace)....
> >> 
> >> --Brett
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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