Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 02 Feb 2003 10:42:13 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Anyone supporting Intel 8XX chipset??? |
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> 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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