Subject: Re: *BSD & ATM
To: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
From: Chris Ewert <radio_1@geocities.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/16/1998 15:45:47
But thats not the ATM-25 card (Lanai), thats the slower one (Midway I think?)  We
already tried that.

Chris

"Tom T. Thai" wrote:

> from http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/pub/chuck/tech/bsdatm/bsdatm.html, it seems
> like the drivers should be include as port of NetBSD, OpenBSD, and
> FreeBSD or atleast they say it supports those cards:
>
> CONFIGURATION
>
> To configure BSD ATM into a kernel, add one of the following lines to the
> kernel's config file:
>
>   en*     at sbus? slot ? offset ?        # NetBSD SBUS
>   en*     at pci? dev ? function ?        # NetBSD, OpenBSD PCI
>   device en0                              # FreeBSD PCI
>
> To configure NATM into a kernel, add the following like to the kernel's
> config file:
>
>   options NATM
>
> If all goes well the kernel should print something like this during
> autoconfig:
>
> On NetBSD or OpenBSD with a PCI device:
>
>   en0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0
>   en0: interrupting at irq 3
>   en0: ATM midway v0, board IDs 6.0, Utopia (pipelined), 512KB on-board
> RAM
>   en0: maximum DMA burst length = 64 bytes
>   en0: 7 32KB receive buffers, 8 32KB transmit buffers allocated
>
> NetBSD with an SBUS device:
>
>   en0 at sbus0 slot 2 offset 0x0
>   en0: claims to be at the following IPLs: 16 1 2 3 5 7 9 13
>   en0: we choose IPL 5
>   en0: midway v0, board IDs 0.2, SUNI, 512KB on-board RAM
>   en0: maximum DMA burst length = 4 bytes
>   en0: 7 32KB receive buffers, 8 32KB transmit buffers allocated
>
> FreeBSD with a PCI device:
>
>   en0 <Efficient Networks ENI-155p> rev 0 int a irq 5 on pci0:16
>   en0: ATM midway v0, board IDs 6.0, Utopia (pipelined), 512KB on-board
> RAM
>   en0: maximum DMA burst length = 64 bytes
>   en0: 7 32KB receive buffers, 8 32KB transmit buffers allocated
>
> On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Chris Ewert wrote:
>
> > I also have a ADSL line, and have the exact same problem.  I was informed that
> > there are no such drivers for either any of the BSDs or Lynux.  A college
> > professor that I was working with, who also has a ADSL line, obtained the
> > documentation from Effecent on the card and we started work on a driver, but
> > we haven't had much time to work on it, and I am not firmiliar with what to
> > do, but I have all the stuff we worked on.  If someone would like to help me
> > with that driver that would be great.  I know a lot of people that could use
> > the driver.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Tom T. Thai" wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.ccrc.wustl.edu/pub/chuck/tech/bsdatm/bsdatm.html
> > >
> > > has info on ATM that was integrated into *BSD OSes including NetBSD.
> > > Anyone using ATM with NetBSD?  Since I couldn't find the Adaptec card on
> > > their site, I looked into http://www.efficient.com/pci_eisa.html ATM card.
> > >
> > > In particular, I was looking to terminate an ATM line from the teleco into
> > > a NetBSD box containing one of the above cards and use ADSL at home so I
> > > and coworkers may access our servers at work.  Is this possible or would I
> > > need to terminate the teleco ATM line with an ATM switch?
> > >
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> >
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