Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 15:33:52 -0800 (PST) From: "Castor Fu" <castor@geocast.com> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alternative network media Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.10.10012311529300.3622-100000@swamp.sfo.geocast.com> In-Reply-To: <200012312314.QAA03411@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> So, I bought this ultra-slim Sony notebook (Vaio SR-5K) and it has
> both USB and Firewire ports on it. That got me thinking. Has
> anyone tried to develop IP drivers for either of those?
USB is not a peer-peer scheme, so you'd have to have the appropriate
magic dongle. For most of people, that's probably an ethernet-USB
adapter. For firewire, under windows, Sony ships an IP stack.
The NetBSD folks have made some headway. Here's the comments the inital
if_fw.c:
revision 1.1
date: 2000/11/05 17:17:15; author: onoe; state: Exp;
First Prototype implementation of network interface part for IEEE1394 (if_fw).
Current status:
Only OHCI chip is supported (fwohci).
ping (IPv4) works with Sony's implementation (SmartConnect) on Win98.
sometimes works but not stable.
Not implemented yet:
IRM (Isochronous Resource Manager) functionality.
Link layer fragmentation.
Topology map.
More to do:
clean ups
MCAP
charactor device part
dhcp
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