Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 12:38:17 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Patrick Nadeau <pnadeau@maeve.physics.utoronto.ca> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Token ring driver Message-ID: <32E3D7B9.167EB0E7@whistle.com> References: <199701201217.MAA26656@maeve.physics.utoronto.ca>
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Patrick Nadeau wrote: > > I would like to volunteer to write an IBM Token ring > driver. YAY!!! if you need help let me know!! > > I work in a Token ring shop so I find myself having to route everything > through a Linux box to reach the corporate network :-( so you can read the linux driver as well.. that's a good start! > > I can't say how much time it will take to write it though. If you have any > timeline you were thinking of you can let me know. > > Some changes will have to be made to the arp code since it now is hard coded to > ethernet also. the arp code can be done separatlyi if you are in a bind.. see the appletalk arp code.. I hope to modify the appletalk code to use the regular arp code, but haven't had the time yet.. > > I have the driver probing and attaching the card right now which was easy. > The hard part was getting technical info from IBM! After two weeks > of calling for a few hours each day and after talking to more than > 100 different people I got the line that the information was > ``IBM confidential'' and that I would have to sign a non-disclosure agreement! > > I managed to find the information a month later by total fluke and the most > ironic thing is that it is _not_ confidential. > > I think there should be a law making it illegal to ship hardware > without technical documentation. yeah!
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