Re: Old network interfaces still alive?

[Dennis Ferguson <dennis.c.ferguson%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 17 Jan 2011, at 14:46 , Matt Thomas wrote:
> On Jan 16, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Dennis Ferguson wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm wondering if anyone still has (working) hardware for any of
>> the following networks and, if so, what device drivers they use?
>> 
>>   ARCnet
>>   ECOnet
>>   FDDI
>>   HIPPI
>>   Token Ring
>> 
>> I've been doing some work on the the kernel networking which is going
>> to unavoidably involve a change to the interface to network device
>> drivers.  While I could rewrite support for the L2 networks above
>> and get it to the point where it compiles, this seems pointless if
>> there is no one who can actually run the result to test it.
>> 
>> Can anyone run any of these?
> 
> I have a DEFTA and a few DEFPA (both FDDI).  Might even have a DEFEA
> somewhere.  

Okay.  If I get it this far I'll redo the FDDI code and any device
drivers which use it.

Dennis Ferguson