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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Skeleton for network device drivers
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 21:35:33 -0700
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To: Javier Martin Rueda <jmrueda@diatel.upm.es>
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Reposting article removed by rogue canceller.

Javier Martin Rueda wrote:
> 
> Is there a skeleton for network device drivers? I plan
> to write one for Intel Etherexpress Pro, and till now
> I've just used some other card's driver as a guide,
> but it would be nice if there was something where you
> could just "fill in the blanks" with code specific to
> the particular hardware you are programming.

This has been talked about several times, but to my knowledge no one has
actaully done it yet.  Everyone is in agreement that it would be a Good
Thing to have such a generic driver skeleton, however! :)
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project