Hi Rob, > > I'd prefer emulating a real network i/f podule since that would > > support other OS better, e.g. NetBSD. > > > > http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/acorn26/ > > > > I think it would be nice for arcem to continue to support > > Linux/ARM26 and NetBSD would be nice to add. > > > > However, I thought in the past that a RISC OS module presenting a > > DCI4 interface may be easier and have a copy of > > > > DCI-4 Functional Specification > > Drawing Number: 0284,036/FS > > 25 Jul 2000 Issue 4 > > It rather seems that you're suggesting we do something in the > hideously complex way, rather than the nice simple way. The only > advantage of the complex way is that it lets you do something very > nearly completely pointless.
I'm stating a preference. You may think it's hideous, but someone may like to work on emulating a bit of hardware than writing a RO module. Each to their own. > (Daniel Silverstone looked into emulating an Ether1 such that RISC iX > could also work, but the Ether1 is strange and odd, and doesn't behave > in any way like the datasheet for the chipset on it suggests - there's > loads of magic logic around it that isn't documented.) There are other network podules out there supported by non-RO OS. > I personally favour the DCI4 driver method, and I have looked into > this a little. Having the Castle driver available to examine is quite > nice on this front. I see the benefits of a DCI-4 method; that's why I got hold of the spec. There's no reason both can't exist within arcem. Cheers, Ralph. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ arcem-devel mailing list arcem-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/arcem-devel
