Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: SHARK AV Drivers, Beta 0.1
To: None <mfoster@mail.com, port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/02/1999 10:43:40
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 09:09:17PM -0800, Mark J. Foster wrote:
> The Beta SHARK AV device drivers are finally released.  As a reminder,
> the AV system supports six distinct devices on the SHARK, which are
> suitable for home control applications, including: (renamed at user
> request):
> 
>     uart:       TX/RX on the SHARK's serial port
>     rtscts0:    TX on serial port RTS, RX on serial port CTS
>     dtrdsr0:    TX on serial port DTR, RX on serial port DSR
>     ir:         TX/RX on the SHARK's InfraRed Hardware,
>                 supporting conventional ~38 KHz consumer
>                 IR remote controls.
>     rtscts1:    TX on internal RTS, RX on internal CTS
>     dtrdsr1:    TX on internal DTR, RX on internal DSR
> 
> The distribution file for AV is:
> 
>     ftp://ftp.talix.com/pub/av/av0_1-netbsd-19980407.tar.gz
> 
> In its current form, this code is designed to drop in to the original
> SHARK NetBSD distribution, 19980407.  If you have any problems with the
> installation, please let me know ASAP!

I didn't look at the code yet. But:
as the stuff depends on a standard super i/o chip, most of this should be
suitable for many normal com devices, too, is this right?

Regards,
	Ignatios