Subject: multiport NIC cards with common DMA engines.
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/07/2000 13:33:36
  We are porting the FreeBSD SysKonnect gigabit ethernet driver to NetBSD. 
	<http://www.posi.net/freebsd/drivers/driver-info.phtml?ID=18>

  At present we don't have their dual-port card, but we will be
getting one.  The SysKonnect has a single DMA engine on the card and
a pair of Xaqti MACs on it.

  I believe the correct behaviour would be us to create an attachment for the
DMA device, create a logical bus behind it, and then attach two devices
behind that. Are there simpler ways? The FreeBSD driver appears to cheat.

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