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From: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT])
Subject: Re: How to write a driver...
Message-ID: <1994Nov5.231633.13495@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
References: <1994Nov3.200755.3849@rhrk.uni-kl.de> <39ei1e$nqc@news.cc.utah.edu>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 23:16:33 GMT
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Hello,
terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes:
>weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT]) writes:
>] I was thinking about having a look at the interface for NIC drivers
>] in FreeBSD and maybe doing some programming. Since I only have general
>] Unix programming Experience, can somebody suggest literure to get
>] started ? Or is reading the source code the only entry point to get
>] information on the driver interface in the OS ?
>My perpetual suggestion on this is Novell NetWare Server ODI drivers.
>They are 32 bit drivers.
Hm... while I'm always grateful for good advice, I'm afraid I have phrased
the question wrongly (or maybe I didn't understand the answer... :-).
I am indeed looking for information on drivers for
FreeBSD, an would appreciate if somebody good point me to some starting
points for reading.
>Never write another ethernet driver as long as you live unless you work
>for a card vender. 8-).
Oh well... no, my interest is not an ethernet driver. And since nobody
seems to able to convince IBM, SMC or TCC to write FreeBSD drivers for
their cards, I guess ther's not much of an alternative around.
Regards
Christoph Weber-Fahr
P.S. Funny that you mentioned Novell drivers, since I could answer my
question myself in that case. There are megabytes of PS formatted
documentation on the various ODI driver specs on their ftp site,
which ultiamtely will convince the reader that it is indeed a good
idea to purchase their driver development kit....
driver development kit.
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Christoph Weber-Fahr | E-Mail: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de
Universitaet Kaiserslautern, KIT | S-Mail: Postfach 3049
Tel. 0631/205-3391 | D-67653 Kaiserslautern
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