> > The good news is that there are drivers for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, QNC, Linux > > and OS-X (depending on exactly which OS release you are running and exactly > > which device). Haven't found anything on drivers for NetBSD, Solaris, or > > Plan 9.
Update: The FreeBSD driver uftdi.c is 18KB. FTDI doesn't list it on their drivers page http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/3rdPartyDrivers.htm but NetBSD uses the same driver as FreeBSD. Taking a quick glance at the driver, the max speed depends on the device. The SIO device maxes out at 115200, but the 8U232AM device goes up to 3000000, which is under 12 minutes for 256 MiB. For comparison, this is 3x as fast as classic 10Mbps Ethernet. Of course it remains to be seen if we can actually get that speed. > All we need to port to NetBSD, Solaris and Plan 9 is the Linux > implementation, preferably in source form; What's this? "preferably in source form"? So you Plan 9 guys port from binary drivers? Very impressive. What I keep hearing is that docs are wanted. Some driver writers outright refuse to port from source code, especially Linux source code which tends to be buggy and undocumented. http://www.openbsd.org/papers/opencon06-docs/mgp00017.html (That series of slides has some interesting insights.) I haven't checked, but I suspect that the FTDI devices have sufficient docs. > Besides, most people use Linux anyway. Most people run MS-Virus-Server so why do we even need the Open Graphics Project? _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
