From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-ID: <9ab21767050901143039828f2c@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu,  1 Sep 2005 14:30:58 -0700
From: Devon O'Dell <devon.odell@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] ndis-ulator for plan 9
In-Reply-To: <431757E5.50102@lanl.gov>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
References: <6a65a8b751540b784b8cbff84466ad36@hera.eonet.ne.jp>
	<8ea6a210ff3a1dccd1ba45e51fe924f2@coraid.com>
	<599f06db05083108017cf89465@mail.gmail.com>
	<451cb301050831101956b059f1@mail.gmail.com>
	<43167CA9.2060404@lanl.gov>
	<5ce012f1330725e4159e27801cf82103@anvil.com>
	<43171854.1040806@lanl.gov> <43172C1D.1090406@anvil.com>
	<431757E5.50102@lanl.gov>
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 82cff21e-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

2005/9/1, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>:
> Dave Lukes wrote:
>=20
> > How widespread is NDIS:
> > e.g. would it buy us the occasional non-wireless driver (e.g. for
> > mobo-integrated ethernet)?
>=20
> If memory serves (jdegood can correct me) just about every network
> chip/card has an NDIS driver.
>=20
> ron

I tried to post to the list about this from my address here; had to
change the address since it wasn't on the list. What I said was:

=3D=3D=3D=3D
Yes. It is already used in FreeBSD for some such chipsets (e.g. nvnet
before there was a driver for this).
=3D=3D=3D=3D

Theoretically everything with an NDIS driver should work. This isn't
always the case; I know there are a couple wireless chips in Centrino
laptops that don't always work or some functions don't work properly.
NDIS continues to be a WIP, I think, but I'd venture to say that 96% of
the cards with NDIS drivers should work.

--Devon