Re: compiling new linux drivers into gnumach
Jeremy,
Jeremy Bryant wrote:
> Under GNU/Linux the driver is tulip. I tried replacing simply tulip.c.
> GNU Mach then cross-compiles successfully, and detects the card at bootup.
> However when running settrans to configure the network, it just hangs.
Wierd. I have a tulip and I had no problems at all. Maybe its the way
you're setting the translator?
Double check with Neal's install guide.
> Is it at all possible to try and patch up drivers this way? Should I
> just wait for OSKit Mach?
My card came with Linux 2.2 drivers on a floppy (the source for actually
which was nice) -- If you plan to hack I suggest you look at many
different versions of the code to see what works and what doesn't..
newer version doesn't mean better.. ;-)
Sam (a.k.a Indes on #debian, #hurd - Open Projects.net)
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