[openbeos] Re: Driver wrappers for openbeos ?

  • From: "Matt Verran" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:49:02 +0000

Thijs,

See if this does the trick....

>Hi there,
>
>is anyone busy with network drivers for beos/newos ?
>
>i don't have any experience in writing code for an OS or drivers,
>but i'd like to get my network card working under beos and/or newos.
>
>There does exist a (minimal but working) wrapper for linux drivers to
get
>them to
>work under beos, is there anyone who could help me extending this
wrapper so
>that
>the linux 'sundance' driver (for a d-link 550TX) also works ?
>
>i know that driver wrappers are not the way the go, but since it's
such a
>rare chipset,
>it's simply not worth (and i'm not capable of) writing a complete
driver for
>it.
>
>information on the wrapper can be found on
>http://www.augusta.de/~michael/BeOS/3c509/index.html
>I understand it has licensing problems. but as far as i understand the
>wrapper
>alone can be released without problems.
>
>Greetings,
>
>Thijs Withaar
>
>
>
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