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From: "James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au>
To: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Anyone supporting Intel 8XX chipset???
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 02:52:03 +1100
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Hmm, thanks.  Someone has pointed this out.  I have asked Alan something and
I
just misinterpreted what he said.

Cheers -
J

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Garzik" <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: "James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone supporting Intel 8XX chipset???


> > Is anyone writing code to directly support features of the Intel 800
series
> > chipsets?  I'm using the 8xx chipset docs from Intel to gradually
> > implement (hopefully) all the features of the 800 series of chipsets.
>
> [...]
> > One thing: should I maintain the consistency of using /dev files?
Because there
> > is a hardware random number generator in the 800 series chipsets, and I
> > am wondering whether I should export this feature as a set of functions
or
> > a /dev file.  (Both??)
>
>
> Methinks you need to find out what support already exists.
>
> The hardware RNG driver has existed for years, as has 3D support and ATA
> support...
>
> Jeff
>
>
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