Subject: Re: RX02 driver (was: Re: ze0: xmit logic died .. again)
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/14/2002 19:40:24
On July 14, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> >   RX02 driver!  Woohoo!! 8-)
> Yes! It is mostly done. The only thing that still needs work is proper
> interleaving of the buffer queus of the two drives, no big deal. Then it
> will be ready for use^Wbeta test. After the driver is reviewed by a
> kernel hacking guru I will complete the device driver HOWTO that comes
> along with the driver. This HOWTO introduces kernel hacking beginners
> into autoconf and how a disk device driver works. 

  This rocks.  Thanks for doing this!

> I am looking for new challenges to extend this HOWTO. Maybe a driver for
> the DHW41 async adapter of my MV 3100m95, VS4k TC adapter, DEFZA, or
> something for the hp700 port. But this mostly depends on the
> availability of doc and time...

  Hmmm...howbout some VAX6000 stuff? ;)  (does NetBSD/vax support any
VAX6000-series hardware now?)

     -Dave

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