From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 22:02:53 2007 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 7EBB516A419 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:02:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 178A613C468 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:02:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from phobos.samsco.home (phobos.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9JM2Y1N010732; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:02:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <47192969.20809@samsco.org> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:02:17 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070802 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ECEG / Daniel Duerr References: <85AFE2F9-33F6-40E8-B760-990970B7A791@emeraldcityeg.com> <4718EC36.7090401@delphij.net> <4E478C75-35D0-47EA-A4A3-05D06A167A51@emeraldcityeg.com> In-Reply-To: <4E478C75-35D0-47EA-A4A3-05D06A167A51@emeraldcityeg.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:02:37 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: FreeBSD Current , d@delphij.net Subject: Re: twa driver needs updating 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: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:02:53 -0000 ECEG / Daniel Duerr wrote: > Thank you for redirecting my message. I've been keeping these machines > updated on RELENG_6_2 because I have a couple pre-compiled hardware > drivers I must use which I do not have kernel source for. I just did a > csup/buildkernel last week on the latest p8 source tree and tested the > included twa driver and it was not up to date. Would it be possible to > get the twa driver pushed back into RELENG_6_2? > There are plans to get the new device support pushed back to RELENG_6 in time for the 6.3 release. I know that's not the best answer for you at this moment. What is really, truly needed here is a "driver update disk" setup for the installer that allows you to load vendor-supplied drivers at install time and have those drivers integrated into the installed system. Sysinstall has a clunky feature that kinda sorta satisfies the first requirement, but completely falls down on the second requirement, making it completely useless. If anyone is serious about sitting down and making such a feature happen, let me know. It would be an incredibly positive step towards better vendor support. I'd like to be involved because I've been in the vendor role in the past with supporting linux, and I'd like to make sure that the linux mistakes aren't repeated. Scott