From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 12 08:57:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA27361 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:57:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (winter@sasami.jurai.net [207.31.78.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA27324 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 08:57:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from winter@jurai.net) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA10038; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:57:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:57:24 -0500 (EST) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" To: Michael Knoll cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring info In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980112090619.00aefde0@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Michael Knoll wrote: > I am interested on writting a device driver for a few token ring cards. Woohoo! > I am not quite sure how I should attack such a problem. Does anyone know > where I can get the technical refrence guide to IBM token ring cards? Linux wouldn't be a bad place to start. > Is there anyone else developing such a device driver? I know that this isn't the first time this topic has come up on the FreeBSD lists. > How different are Linux drivers to freebsd drivers? Would it be better to > try to port the linux driver, or start from scratch? I think the Linux driver might not be a bad place to look for information on talking to the actual hardware but writing the hardware drivers is only half of the problem. I'm slowly working on getting token ring hardware and may be able to assist with this effort some time in the future. /* Matthew N. Dodd | A memory retaining a love you had for life winter@jurai.net | As cruel as it seems nothing ever seems to http://www.jurai.net/~winter | go right - FLA M 3.1:53 */