Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 05:03:42 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: dufault@hda.com (Peter Dufault) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digiboard PC/Xe support? Message-ID: <199506081203.FAA00652@everest> In-Reply-To: <199506071900.PAA23065@hda.com> from "Peter Dufault" at Jun 7, 95 03:00:13 pm
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> Chris Shenton writes: > > > > On Wed, 7 Jun 1995 09:42:09 -0700 (PDT), bmk@dtr.com said: > > > > bmk> I seem to remember that someone was working on support for the Digiboard > > bmk> PC/Xe (intelligent) multiport serial cards. Does anyone know what's up > > bmk> with this? > > > > Ditto. We're planning on bringing up a 6-8 line PPP server here on > > FBSD. Modii are on the way, but we haven't picked up a multiport > > serial board yet. Any suggestions? > > > (Hi Chris. Haven't seen you since the twilight of Alliant.) > Serge Babkin is working on a DigiBoard driver based on the GPL'd Linux > driver, however he no longer has hardware and so a like minded hacker > may want to help out or take over. I'm personally staying away since > I'd rather see a BSD copyright solution and don't want to mess with the > Linux driver. Unfortunately, I have never written a UNIX device driver, so I don't feel comfortable with undertaking this project. HOWEVER - I can supply an 8 port PC/8e on loan for a month or so to anyone who is capable of doing so. > Serge's last mail was: > > Does somebody wants to test the Digiboard driver ? It's not a complete > > driver now, it's a part only. The problem is I began to wrote > > this driver and then lost access to the card. I need volunteers > > to carry out any experiments. > > > > > > Serge Babkin > > > > ! (babkin@hq.icb.chel.su) > > ! Headquarter of Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Chelindbank" > > ! Chelyabinsk, Russia > The programming information is available > only under NDA with Digiboard, and I didn't want to be in the hot > seat for a binary-only distribution and so I instead went with a multiport > Boca board for my application. > I encourage any Digiboard enthusiasts to register polite interest in > a FreeBSD driver with the Digiboard people. I know they have a > www.digibd.com with some "fill in the blanks" thing for expressing > interest in such things; I don't know of the right e-mail address for > that. Since they elected to make a Linux GPL driver available they > may decide that a FreeBSD driver is in their interest. > Peter > -- > Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation > HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 > dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267
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