Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:49:32 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, takawata@shidahara1.planet.sci.kobe-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Mainboard Monitor Probes (Linux port too hard?) Message-ID: <4.1.19981227104829.00a84470@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981226185257.20720@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> References: <4.1.19981223152411.00b4d2d0@genesis.ispace.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.981220132306.8357C-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19981220165555.52107@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <Pine.BSF.3.95.981220132306.8357C-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19981222011226.50577@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <4.1.19981223152411.00b4d2d0@genesis.ispace.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
At 06:52 PM 12/26/98 +0000, Nicolas Souchu wrote: >On Wed, Dec 23, 1998 at 03:27:00PM -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: >> >>The Linux stuff is GPL.. Perhaps it'd be more logical to use the Linux >>material only as a reference and not to extract code from it.. That'd be a >>sound way to get around that. Since most of the code does indeed rely on >>the /proc, that's about all it's good for. > >Certainly. Looking at there code more deeply, most of it rely on the /proc >architecture. I proposed them to move there code from outside the kernel >and define a /dev interface we could be compatible with. /dev is the best >solution I think since it could be shared with *BSD. > >Moreover, a /dev interface with ioctls would be really simple... with smb(4) >as a start point. /usr/include/machine/smb.h defines ioctls, but we'll >have to handle timing constraints too. > >A PIIX4 driver is available at http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/iicbus.html > >You may try it with smb(4) if you have the hardware. > Eh I'm already a few steps ahead.. installed it, but having some issues with it.. I'm doing a make installworld today (did buildworld last night), maybe that is why it didn't patch properly. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4.1.19981227104829.00a84470>