With regards to your message at 04:06 PM 11/3/00, Alvin Starr. Where you
stated:
> > Let's not forget that "it works on Intel" is NOT equal to "It works on
> Alpha".
> > Case in point: We just finished modifying the drivers for the Rocketport
> > serial multiport cards to work on Alpha. For years they were just dandy on
> > X86 boxes, with probably half the Linux and FreeBSD ISPs in the universe
> > using them for dialup servers. Alpha was another story.
> > Fortunately with the source, and the skills of some interested people it
> > got ported to Alpha.
>That is true. But there is a basic difference between 32/64 bit problems
>and hardware that is dependant on specific software that is not availble.
>
>There are PCI modems that use serial chips connected to modem hardware
>much like the ISA devices of old. These can be made to work with the
>available resources. Modems that require special DSP code to run on the
>main system CPU are MUCH harder to get to work.
True, but sometimes the problem is that cards and chips are built that take
some pretty liberal assumptions about PCI bus architecture.
I remember watching Michal making dark mutterings about some of the
Soundblaster PCI cards last year. Essentially they "assumed" that PCI would
only use 16 bit addressing space..
> > God Bless Open Source!
>
>OH yah gotta love it. If it weren't for open source I would have to work
>on M$ systems or possibly take up plumbing.
Hmmm, I would rather do plumbing.. Hell, I would rather CLEAN plumbing!
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