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Date:      Mon, 2 Apr 2001 04:25:32 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au>
Cc:        FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Development info needed - Stallion Multiport Serial support in 4.3-RC.
Message-ID:  <20010402042532.Q813@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <EJEPLCEELLLLAMPNEJMHAELKCNAA.robert@chalmers.com.au>; from robert@chalmers.com.au on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 09:24:25PM %2B1000
References:  <EJEPLCEELLLLAMPNEJMHAELKCNAA.robert@chalmers.com.au>

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* Robert <robert@chalmers.com.au> [010402 04:22] wrote:
> 
> Ok,
> is this the right forum by the way.?  If not, please point me to the right
> one.
> 
> How much similarity is there between BSDI and FreeBSD-4.3.

At the same time, probably some, but not much. :)

> Will the drivers developed for BSDI in 98 work for FreeBSD?

No, they'll need to be ported.

> 
> then a patch to MAKEDEV is also needed.

That too, I would try hacking the mkdevnods script in the BSD/os tarball
and see if you can get it working.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
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