From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <9ab217670704161742y3a933a40iaef369758989a2ae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:42:10 -0400 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] AC'97 In-Reply-To: <43c21e2f96a00f29cac27671bbc12f58@coraid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5d375e920704161702l103c33a5q6a7250210db87e8c@mail.gmail.com> <43c21e2f96a00f29cac27671bbc12f58@coraid.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 49b93aec-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2007/4/16, erik quanstrom : > 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. Similar to what I've said before in this thread. In fact, that link did indeed provide a good bit of useful information. If only all drivers were written with this model in mind! Porting would be a lot easier. My original question was certainly not intended to downplay the efforts of either party. > so, uriel, could you explain why these folk's education needs to benefit you > or to fit into some grand development model? Wait, this is exactly what I wanted to avoid. Let's kill the flames, please. Or avoid them before they start. > - erik > >