Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:36:19 +0300 From: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: usb@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP new usb code coming in. Message-ID: <48AB2EC3.1030603@moneybookers.com> In-Reply-To: <20080819200911.224754500F@ptavv.es.net> References: <20080819200911.224754500F@ptavv.es.net>
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Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:44:13 -0700 >> From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> >> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >> >> After a long period of review and testing I am on the verge of >> committing Hans Peter's new usb stack to -current. >> >> The patchset requires a SMALL _493_ line diff to the main code, >> mostly bug fixes to arm. And then a large number of new files >> for the usb system. >> >> The new usb system will be committed as separate files with >> the intention of folding them over the old files before the >> 9.0 release. >> >> The diff to the main files is here: >> http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb2_release_001.diff >> >> The whole diff, including new files is here: >> http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb4bsd.diff.gz >> >> FAQ: >> Q. Has this been reviewed? >> A. Yes, pretty strongly by myself and we've consulted with >> various others, Warner, Scott and Andrew for review/testing. >> I wouldn't say that Warner or Scott have given full review >> but just about all questions have been answered. >> >> Q. Can we change the name from "usb2_" to my favorite name? >> A. No. This is for a short period, stop being so annoying. >> >> Q. What about the old usb code? >> A. What about it? :D >> >> Q. What about ttys? >> A. I don't know, we'll address the mpsafe aspects of ttys shortly, >> Hans is very responsive to SMP issues. >> >> Q. Shouldn't you wait? >> A. Wait for what? No. >> >> Q. I have some whitespace nits, can you do those? >> A. No. It's a 100k line diff and a 3meg delta, we tried really hard >> to get all whitespace right, but you're welcome to point things out after >> the commit. >> > > Cool! I've been waiting for this for a loooooong time. Thanks to you, > Hans Peter and all of the folks who have helped! > > Not on the FAQ: > > Q: Other then no longer requiring giant [MPSAFE], what does usb2 give > us? I'm using usb4bsd on 7-stable even before 7R. It fixes few known kernel panics for me. I had a bad experience with base usb + GPRS card from vodafone which works on pcmci slot but is detected as usb device. I'm sure this is not the only improvement :) > Does it fix the battery-eating on laptops? Does it allow the > system to reach C3 and lower sleep states? (These are at least > closely linked issues.) > > I have not been running current for a while and this might be enough > incentive to get me to kick the tires. >
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