Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:46:20 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: David Walker <davidianwalker@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/94369: [bktr] [patch] Patch to support Leadtek WinFast Tv2000 XP bktr card Message-ID: <201202281446.20069.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CABE=bROZn-u=d7SdhMAA1FDfGE-A095Ni2KCkz_a9=bA2JgX_g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABE=bRNzhiPgT8H0rBm5godwe3QNMA6z4y8D-wJmVe3kcbXJyA@mail.gmail.com> <201202280850.01031.jhb@freebsd.org> <CABE=bROZn-u=d7SdhMAA1FDfGE-A095Ni2KCkz_a9=bA2JgX_g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:03:17 am David Walker wrote: > Hi John. > > Thanks for the reply. > > On 29/02/2012, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Monday, February 27, 2012 12:26:15 pm David Walker wrote: > >> I have one of these cards. > >> I notice the PR is open - does this mean the patch was not committed? > > > > Yes. > > OIC. > > >> Is there anything I can do to get eyeballs on this? > >> I've never compiled from source or applied a diff but if it needs > >> testng and someone's willing to give me a basic outline of the > >> procedure I'll see if I can avago. > >> Learning this stuff is on my todo list for this decade but time is short. > > > > You will need to use patch(1) to apply the patches from the PR to a kernel > > source tree and then build a new kernel (or a new bktr module) to test it. > > I > > believe there are some instructions in the Handbook about compiling custom > > kernels and possibly applying patches as well. > > > > -- > > John Baldwin > > > > As I mentioned I'm new here. > That might be a little out of my depth for the forseeable future. > It's a good mission though. > > If I take on this mission, what does it take to get a piece of > hardware into the tree? > In this case a PR with very simple patches and apparently eyes on from > a comitter didn't cut it. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern%2F94369 > > Would it be useful for me to poke the PR? If you can confirm that the patch works for you, I will commit it. -- John Baldwin
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