Subject: Re: multiport serial i/o boards
To: None <jmarin@jmp.fi>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/20/1996 00:46:29
>> Cyclades makes decent 8 and 16 port boards. However, the cy driver in
>> NetBSD is horrible crusty, and is labeled that it doesn't compile
>> anymore. On the other hand, the FreeBSD driver works fine, and is
>> actively maintained. Someone who knows what they're doing probably
>> needs to pull over the FreeBSD driver and make it run on NetBSD again.
>There is a working cy driver for NetBSD now. I had it done by someone
>because I needed a multi-serial card. The driver should be in -current
>and I can e-mail the source to anyone who wants to give it a try. Please
>email to jmarin@jmp.fi, if interested (I think I posted this announcement
>here a while ago?).
Good deal! I take it this is based on the FreeBSD driver? Or a
re-write of the old NetBSD driver (I'm sure in their deep past they
came from the same source, but...).
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