Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:04:16 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 411 ************************************************** Sunday 19 September 2004 Number 411 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Device driver porting : Lewis G Rosenthal 2 Re: Device driver porting : Steven Levine" 3 Re: Device driver porting : Henry Sobotka **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 09:58 -0400 From: Lewis G Rosenthal Subject: Re: Device driver porting Thanks for the pointer, Henry. Stuff like this (dd porting) should be easier than it apparently is... ;-) I take it you're using IBM's driver for the IBM mPCI card? I wasn't aware of the instability. You haven't signed up for the OS/2 Wireless Users list, have you? ___ Lewis ___ Lewis G Rosenthal Rosenthal & Rosenthal Sent via SnapperMail ....... Original Message ....... On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:25:15 -0400 Henry Sobotka wrote: >Hi Lewis, > >Off the top of my head, I'd think the biggest obstacle would be kernel >calls. A far better place to ask your question would be the OS/2 device >driver mailing list (http://www.tabi.org/timur/os2pdd.html). A driver >that could handle >~1MB file transfers without the wireless LAN (TP >A30p, miniPCI) crashing would make me extremely happy. > >h~ > > **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 07:25:34 -0700 From: "Steven Levine" Subject: Re: Device driver porting In <414BAE20.9000702 at 2rosenthals.com>, on 09/17/04 at 11:40 PM, Lewis G Rosenthal said: >Could someone enlighten me - in basic terms - as to what roadblocks >exist in porting *nix device drivers to OS/2? The biggest roadblock is understanding the differing interfaces and the labor it takes to get a working driver. What you are talking about has already been done a couple of times. IIRC, the GenMac drivers are an example and the the Uniaud drivers definitely are. Steven -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Steven Levine" MR2/ICE 2.47 #10183 Warp4/FP15/14.093c_W4 www.scoug.com irc.fyrelizard.com #scoug (Wed 7pm PST) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:33:15 -0400 From: Henry Sobotka Subject: Re: Device driver porting Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > > I take it you're using IBM's driver for the IBM mPCI card? Yes. > I wasn't aware of the instability. You haven't signed up > for the OS/2 Wireless Users list, have you? No, but I will and can describe the problem in more detail there. Thanks, h~