From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <43c21e2f96a00f29cac27671bbc12f58@coraid.com> From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:26:12 -0400 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] AC'97 In-Reply-To: <5d375e920704161702l103c33a5q6a7250210db87e8c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 49b2dfee-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 let's just suppose there is already an ac97 driver that does everything available. the excercize of writing another driver is still useful. there's a lot to be learned through the process. i saw a lot of good information on the web page describing the process that wasn't present in the link to source on 9grid. i may need to write an ac97 driver for a non-plan9 kernel. i think i could use some of the tips presented there. so, uriel, could you explain why these folk's education needs to benefit you or to fit into some grand development model? - erik