Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:42:14 -0500 From: "Jeff Brooke" <jeff@mobydark.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: driver for Matrox Meteor II frame grabber Message-ID: <032a01c087e0$d8bd90e0$930aa8c0@mobydark.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0327_01C087B6.EFB52E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, I am fairly new to freebsd, but have been asked to develop a driver for = the Matrox Meteor II card. (To the best of my knowledge, there is = currently no such driver in fbsd, please correct me if I'm wrong..) My first initial thoughts were, 'ok, let's base it as much as possible = on the Meteor I driver, naturally making changes for hardware = differences where applicable. However, I've just read a couple of = archive entries about a new method for drivers based on a 'newbus' = system. My questions are: (i) where, if at all, can I find = info/tutorials/examples on driver-writing with this method? (ii) what = are the benefits of the newbus method? (iii) is it still at all = acceptable to write drivers using the old style/method? If these issues are better posted to another mailing list, please = advise... Thanks very much in advance, Jeff Brooke ------=_NextPart_000_0327_01C087B6.EFB52E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am fairly new to freebsd, but have = been asked to=20 develop a driver for the Matrox Meteor II card. (To the best of my = knowledge,=20 there is currently no such driver in fbsd, please correct me if I'm=20 wrong..)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My first initial thoughts were, 'ok, = let's base it=20 as much as possible on the Meteor I driver, naturally making = changes for=20 hardware differences where applicable. However, I've just read a couple = of=20 archive entries about a new method for drivers based on a 'newbus'=20 system.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My questions are: (i) where, if at all, = can I find=20 info/tutorials/examples on driver-writing with this method? (ii) what = are the=20 benefits of the newbus method? (iii) is it still at all acceptable to = write=20 drivers using the old style/method?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If these issues are better posted to = another=20 mailing list, please advise...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks very much in = advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jeff Brooke</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0327_01C087B6.EFB52E40-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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