Subject: Re: AW: T3/T1 cards - interest
To: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/26/1998 21:04:34
Andrew Gillham writes:
> Michael Graff writes:
> > Right now, the HSSI, T3, and soon to be T1 driver I'm doing for Lan
> > Media relies on link[012] but the T1 card has a clock generator, so
> > will need a userland control program.
> > 
> > BTW, there is a SDL T1 driver in the tree already...
> 
> Thanks for pointing that out.  I did the dumb user thing, and looked
> in the arch/i386/GENERIC.. :)

Without documentation in man, or GENERIC, or the install notes, how
was anyone supposed to know about this thing?

Michael, please -- its great to have a driver, but the extra ten
minutes needed to tell people it exists generally pays off in having
people know to use it!

> Sadly I had to resort to grep to locate
> this SDL driver.  I'm glad to see this driver available.  Where is the
> best place to buy these cards? (and how much are they?)
> 
> -Andrew
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