From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 04:06:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EAFF1065673 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:06:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net (eastrmmtao104.cox.net [68.230.240.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5AD38FC0A for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081203040644.GZVH27943.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net>; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:06:44 -0500 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([72.200.37.152]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id mU6j1a00J3Gxf8w02U6kXw; Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:06:44 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=-Dsz7iVFbTYvjuZJvIEA:9 a=stdCqmBciLX5ApaCJ38A:7 a=O3P7LulVgtJmqJbWaTgQ_Xv0yr4A:4 a=PKgchsl1YdkA:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:06:43 -0600 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Randy Bush Message-ID: <20081202220643.72eb52a3@serene.no-ip.org> In-Reply-To: <4930D7CE.4080909@psg.com> References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <4930D7CE.4080909@psg.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.14.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i give up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:06:45 -0000 On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:49:02 +0900 Randy Bush wrote: > what a tragic story. and zero technical info, like even what your > controller is. best of luck in penguin land. bye! > > randy No, actually, I forwarded to Soren all the information I could glean from Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD (which I managed to install on an external USB drive). I also applied the patches he sent me, which failed to cure the problem, and have been monitoring the mailing lists and CVS repo for any signs of progress, but so far I've seen nothing. If I were more technically adept in the realm of hardware drivers and low-level system programming, I'd gladly help out. I did, in fact, ask Soren if there was anything else I could do to help, but was met with absolute silence. Believe me, I'm none too eager to have to forsake FreeBSD for the land of the penguin, after 12+ years of happily using FreeBSD, and even contributing where I could, in the areas of port maintenance and sharing my accumulated knowledge in the mailing lists. It's more than a little saddening to me that little or no attention has been paid to this problem, leaving me no choice but to seek another platform capable of managing all of my hardware. So, what can I say, other than that it's been a great 12 years, and I will sadly miss continuing to be an active member of the FreeBSD community, your flippant response notwithstanding. Perhaps if you'd been following the lists more closely over the last several months, you'd have realized that this was not my first post on this subject, although it will probably be the last. I'd certainly love it if I were proven wrong and a solution to my problem was indeed forthcoming, but given the utter silence and neglect I've been seeing, I'm not holding out any great hopes. Best wishes to the FreeBSD community. No hard feelings, and I will still continue to checkout the latest sources from time to time just on the outside chance that a solution will eventually be found. Sincerest regards from a long-time FreeBSD user now in exile. :-( -- Conrad J. Sabatier