FreeLists / openbeosnetteam / [openbeosnetteam] Re: Network Drivers

[Philippe Houdoin <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx>]

> I am wondering where OBOS Network Drivers should be stored? 
> Currently I find drivers on bebits and the like, but shouldn't there 
> also be an repository for OBOS suitable drivers comming with the OS 
> and thus be in the cvs tree?

If we write/port them, yes, until it's compatibble with our license.
In this case, put them in a new folder named after the driver name (most of the 
time, chip name of chip family name, like "tulip", "vt86c100", "ne2000", etc 
under current/src/add-ons/kernel/drivers/net/

> As we are on the subject of drivers, I am wondering why the preflet for
> Network only shows 2 drivers (NE2000 PCI and 3c506 ISA). 

Because these kind of network devices can't be auto-detected, but should be add 
manually by the user, after he enter the settings (IRQ, port).
That for jumpered devices only.
All others devices appear automaticly in the device list.

> I just edit the network config file manually right now myself, 
> but have not been able to set up networking correctly yet, 
> since I have a 3c575 PCMCIA card and thus are considering
> to write my own driver for it and thus reach my first question :)..

Then, I have a good news for you: François Revol just port the 3c575 PCMCIA 
driver from Linux to BeOS. I'm in the process to test it myself and add the 
required net_server addon wrapping his kernel driver, as he don't write one 
because he's using only under BONE himself.

> Arjen Wiersma
> Newbie OBOS enthusiast :) 

Welcome!

-Philippe