Subject: Re: Sandpoint
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jim Thompson <jim@musenki.com>
List: port-powerpc
Date: 02/21/2002 16:46:34
Allen Briggs writes:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 04:30:27PM -0600, Jim Thompson wrote:
> > The Sandpoint port seems to have gone a little cold. (Its behind
> > rev, by the looks of it.) Is it being maintained?
>
> Yes, but not aggressively. I don't expect any problems on the
> 8245/8241 off-hand.
There have been a few for the linux port, but they're mostly handable,
Are you the right guy for patches, or do I have to be a Wasabi
customer? (You wouldn't believe the attitude I get from some of the
MonteVista guys. You'ld think they had a lock on kernel hackers.)
> Is there any particular feature you're interested in?
Um, avoiding the plague^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlinux? :-)
BSS mode drivers for an 802.11b card would be good.
>> ppcboot works on the Sandpoint now
> Cool! That's good to know.
And it even has hooks for booting (and builds on) NetBSD.
Jim
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