[haiku-development] Re: RTL8101/8102 FreeBSD Driver

"Dustin Howett" <alaricx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That depends - if the driver works mostly out of the box, it seems 
> > to
> > be a very similar chip. If it can be supported with minimal effort,
> > there is a slight advantage that native drivers have, as FreeBSD
> > drivers currently need an extra copy of the data passed into them.
> I did have plans for a slight overhaul of the rtl8169 driver to be
> more like its counterparts in other operating systems (MAC-specific
> PHY init, other specific initialization routines, &c.), but I didn't
> want to step on Marcus' toes.
> Unless it's alright.. in which case, i'd love to help.

Unless you completely mess it up, I can't imagine how you can step on 
someone's toes by improving their work, especially when it hasn't seen 
any updates for quite some time.

Bye,
   Axel.

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