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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How to write a driver...
Date: 5 Nov 1994 00:01:50 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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References: <1994Nov3.200755.3849@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
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In article <1994Nov3.200755.3849@rhrk.uni-kl.de> weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT]) writes:
] I was thinking about having a look at the interface for NIC drivers
] in FreeBSD and maybe doing some programming. Since I only have general 
] Unix programming Experience, can somebody suggest literure to get 
] started ? Or is reading the source code the only entry point to get 
] information on the driver interface in the OS ?

My perpetual suggestion on this is Novell NetWare Server ODI drivers.
They are 32 bit drivers.

Never write another ethernet driver as long as you live unless you work
for a card vender.  8-).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.