Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 08:34:27 -0600 From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@tribe.com> Cc: erich@lodgenet.com (Eric L. Hernes), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, erich@lodgenet.com Subject: Re: ethernet card configuration programs Message-ID: <199512021434.IAA28918@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Dec 1995 22:05:59 PST." <199512020606.WAA07343@bubba.tribe.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Archie Cobbs writes: > >Would it be possible for someone to port these to FreeBSD? This >would be great because I always have to boot DOS to run the stupid >config program for NE2000 compatible cards... for some reason the >default card configuration and the default FreeBSD "ed1" configuration >don't agree. I'm planning to when I get a chance. > >I don't know what the equivalent/substitute for #include <asm/io.h> >would be... but it looks like it shouldn't be too difficult >since the programs are very short. I believe tha asm/io.h under linux sets up the use of inb() and outb(), undef freebsd, you include machine/cpu_func.h. To get permissions to do the outb's under linux you have to jump through some hoops, but in freebsd, you just open /dev/io (but you've gotta be root or suid root) > >-Archie > >______________________________________________________________________________ >_ >Archie L. Cobbs, archie@tribe.com * Tribe Computer Works http://www.tribe.co >m eric.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199512021434.IAA28918>