From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 23:47:36 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 42AB616A421 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B5A913C48A for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ij1Yy-0005UM-69 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:32 +0000 Received: from 78-1-117-3.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.117.3]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:32 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-117-3.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:47:32 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:47:20 +0200 Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <85AFE2F9-33F6-40E8-B760-990970B7A791@emeraldcityeg.com> <4718EC36.7090401@delphij.net> <4E478C75-35D0-47EA-A4A3-05D06A167A51@emeraldcityeg.com> <47192969.20809@samsco.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig985881773643B05B76062023" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-117-3.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <47192969.20809@samsco.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Sender: news 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 23:47:36 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig985881773643B05B76062023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Scott Long wrote: > 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? >> >=20 > There are plans to get the new device support pushed back to RELENG_6 i= n > 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 secon= d > requirement, making it completely useless. If anyone is serious about > sitting down and making such a feature happen, let me know. It would b= e > 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. Hi, can you write something about it at http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall/ToDo ? I don't know when I'll get around to implement it but it looks like a useful feature to have. --------------enig985881773643B05B76062023 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHGUIIldnAQVacBcgRAkP6AKCOfrr5m3151/yYQjI9L5jIipPCnACgi7eY Rp8Ntj7HnsXbGhH+GeQ1qes= =ramR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig985881773643B05B76062023--