[vortex-bug] device driver for 3c905C

[vara prasad Ajjampudi]

Hi,

I am trying to port under the GPL only. To be pricise, I am porting to one 
of the operating systems that works under real mode.
So could you please let me know whether I can port the driver to this. 
Please let me remind you that I have only 16 bit I/O functions (not 32 bit 
I/O functions).
If not is the answer: " we cannot develop driver for 3c905C card in real 
mode OS" is true?

Please let me know.

Thanks
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>From: Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
>To: vara prasad Ajjampudi <varaprasad246@hotmail.com>
>CC: vortex-bug@scyld.com
>Subject: Re: [vortex-bug] device driver for 3c905C
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:07:33 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, vara prasad Ajjampudi wrote:
>
> > I am porting 3com device driver (for 3c905c) from Linux to DOS.
>
>Note: if you are using 3c59x.c, the public version is licensed only
>under the GPL.  While you may personally use a ported version of the
>driver, you may not distribute the resulting driver in any way.
>
>If you are using the 3Com 3c905.c driver, you should contact them for
>information on non-GPL use.
>
> > In linux version, the driver code uses iopd() functions to input 32
> > bit double word.
> > But as in real mode, that is not possible, I cannot call the same 
>function.
> > So I would like to know the solution for the same. OR if you could point 
>me
> > to proper location in the net, that would be great.
>
>There is no single, simple answer to that question.  If you only have 16
>bit operations, you may not be able to write a correct device driver.
>
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