Subject: Re: Jaz/Zip drives (was Re: new 1.2BETA /i386 install floppies and kernels)
To: Jack Patton <jpatton@intserv.com>
From: Rahim Azizarab <ray@tezcat.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/1996 14:39:40
On Sat, 7 Sep 1996, Jack Patton wrote:

> > Well, I am finding out that it is not yet, but It is not terribly difficult
> > to patch a driver togather from the existing code.  You would open io port
> > 378h.  The rest is more or less like the scsi driver.
> 
> Perhaps the FreeBSD or Linux zip driver could be integrated into NetBSD. 
> Just a thought. I wish there was like a device-driver-porting-FAQ. I can 
> code, but device drivers are a little beyond me at the moment. I took a 
> stab at porting the FreeBSD Matsushita CD-ROM (matcd) driver without much 
> success.
> 
I found it helpful to take a microprocessor class, or reading some books on
the microprocessors.  Also looking at other people's code helps too.
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