From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 20 12:29:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A496016A400 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from diri.bris.ac.uk (diri.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.112]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A62A13C46B for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by diri.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JRo54-0004z2-U6 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:52 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.184.33]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JRo54-0004Hm-3z for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:46 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1KCT9eg081531 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:09 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m1KCT9kX081530 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:09 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:09 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080220122909.GA81481@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Score: -1.4 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: porting acx driver from dragonfly to fbsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:29:53 -0000 I note DragonFly have acx(4) driver, which supports some acx100 and acx111 wireless chips: http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=acx§ion=ANY There is a FBSD port for acx100, which is broken for versions > 6: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net/acx100/ but no FBSD port for acx111, though one can presumably start it from http://dev.kewl.org/acx100+111/ Questions: 1. Any reason why acx driver exists on DragonFly but not on FBSD? 2. Is it possible and practical to port the dragonfly acx(4) driver to FBSD? 3. What is easier - to port acx driver from DragonFly to FBSD, or to develop a port for acx100+111? 4. Provided the acx100+111 FBSD port is available and working, what is more efficient - using a kernel acx module or acx built from ports? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423