>-----Original Message----- >From: Soren Kristensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 1:17 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: MurrayTaylor; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: WanIC 405 _IS_ End of Life -- what are the (netgraph) based >alternatives?? > > >Hi Everybody, > >I've been following the sync serial board discussion a little, and it >seems like that there's no source for inexpensive sync serial boards >with FreeBSD, or boards with documentation to make a driver, or from >companies with a good policy towards open source and/or FreeBSD.... > >The only one close seems to be the cronyx, they seems to have full >source code, but their boards is not easily available in the US, or >available with T1 interfaces. > >So maybe I should just make one, and sell for cheap, I need them anyway >for my small boxes (see http://www.soekris.com).... The most common chip >for the PCI bus, the 4 channel Infinion DSCC4 PEB20534 (used by cronyx >and others...) cost around $60 in small volume, so the basic 2 ch board >would probably go for around $250 qty 1. Boards with more channels or >integrated T1/E1 phys will be a little higher. > >FreeBSd drivers should be relatively easy, t.ex based on the cronyx >drivers, they're even netgraph enabled.... > >I would then be happy to supply hardware and documentation to somebody >that could do and maintain the drivers. >
An interesting proposition. However, you might find it even easier to do a Hitachi HD64570-based board. It should be much easier to modify the sr driver to work with it than to write a new one from scratch. Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
