Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:21:29 -0700 (PDT) From: brian@mediacity.com (Brian Litzinger) To: Dick@Seaman.Chenequa.WI.US Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cyclades Driver/Multi-port Serial Card Message-ID: <m0sDzWD-000rdqC@easynet.com> In-Reply-To: <199505221828.NAA25805@odysseus.quaestus.com> from "Richard Seaman, Jr" at May 22, 95 01:28:36 pm
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> 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 C) The "alpha" designation is now out of date?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
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