Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 09:46:07 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "Brett Glass" <Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hayes ESP Message-ID: <199606051646.JAA28897@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 05 Jun 96 08:19:08 -0800. <9605058339.AA833984724@ccgate.infoworld.com>
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>> Oh, I remember the other thing... The version 1 cards had gross
>> specific demands on how fast you could send data to the advanced
>> programming registers.
>This is probably because they were handled by an 8031 microcontroller,
>which can only handle requests so fast if it's to keep up with incoming
>data. As I recall, the waits were only required during the setup phase
>and not thereafter.
>In any event, is the code in -current for the "old" ESP (which I have) or
>the new ESP (or ESP-II)?
As I said, I believe the ESP v1 cards are not treated as "ESP" ports
by the driver, and are handled as standard 16550 ports. That's just
from reading the code. I don't know of anyone who has actually tried
that code on a version 1 card, so you might be the one who needs to
tell us. :-)
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