Subject: Re: moving away from BROKEN_INDIRECT_CONFIG
To: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/13/1998 10:04:50
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 18:11:03 +0100 (MET)
Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de> wrote:
> if_fe: The driver could be split into 3 frontends:
> -Fujitsu FMV-180
> -Allied-Telesis AT1700/RE2000
> -Fujitsu MBH10302 (PCMCIA).
> Is it worth the effort?
I believe Enami is working on this, so he can use his Fujitsu-based PCMCIA
card...
> if_ie: The driver could be split into 3 frontends:
> -AT&T StarLAN/EN100
> -3c507
> -Intel EtherExpress 16,
> and the machine independant i82586 backend
> could be used.
> Is it worth the effort?
pk and Rafal Boni are working on this one...
The other two, I dunno :-)
I'm very happy that this is almost done!
> pas: The card is set to a soundblaster-compatible mode
> in the probe function.
> This means probably that the PAS specific probe
> parts don't work anymore after this - but they are
> needed in attach() for proper identification.
> Can it be reset to PAS mode?
>
> pss: The driver looks broken: The attach arg for the sp
> part is different in its probe and attach functions.
> Does it work?
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