Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:51:23 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Barry Bouwsma <freebsd-misuser@remove-NOSPAM-to-reply.NOSPAM.dyndns.dk> Cc: PLZ add me 2 UR FreeBSD USB Lits <freebsd-usb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dorky usbdevs question Message-ID: <41BA98EB.9010503@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200412101301.iBAD1QI13277@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> References: <200412021119.iB2BJGl20421@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> <41B0C2ED.5000706@elischer.org> <200412091138.iB9BcLe02722@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK> <41B8E0A8.6090405@elischer.org> <200412101301.iBAD1QI13277@Mail.NOSPAM.DynDNS.dK>
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Barry Bouwsma wrote: >>>>If you submit patches for merging in from all sources, the we can >>>>certainly commit them. >>>>there isn't much risk in identifying extra devices. > > >>>To the FreeBSD people, should I bother with a diff of my final >>>hacked usbdevs against 5.x and 4.x, or would someone later sync >>>everything up? > > >>if you provide diffs for each it's easier.. >>I'll commit these.. > > > Thanks! I'll wait with syncing 4.x and 5.x against -current until > I've submitted a few more diffs to bring -current into line with > anything the OtherBSDen have that's missing. > > > >>make sure it's obvious the order in which the diffs need to be applied >>if they touch teh same files. >>e.g. if you have a set of diffs for netBSD additions and one for Dfly >>additions, let me know >>which order I should apply them.. > > > Of course -- but it will be a little while before I get a merge from > NetBSD ready, because, well, it's a lot. So for now, start with the > DFly diff (first one to be applied), and I'll let you know when I have > the second diff ready. > > And that brings up the question, how much of the NetBSD usbdevs does > FreeBSD want to adopt? All of it to make future merges trivial? There > are some changes that I want to ask about before creating a diff, if > FreeBSD wants to head that way (making the RCS delta larger, but > bringing about harmony with NetBSD): make it as close to NetBSD as possible.. that's our source.. don't worry about the size of the RCS delta. worry about the size of future diffs. > > -vendor COMPAQ 0x049f Compaq > -vendor HITACHI 0x04a4 Hitachi > +vendor COMPAQ 0x049f Compaq Computers > +vendor HITACHI 0x04a4 Hitachi, Ltd. > ( - == latest NetBSD; + == current FreeBSD ) > > Lots of Ltd, GmbH, Corp, Int'l, have been dropped. Or, > > -product BROADCOM BCM2033 0x2000 BCM2033 > +product BROADCOM BCM2033 0x2033 BCM2033 Bluetooth USB dongle > > Descriptive strings have been shortened dropping type of product > > > If there's a preference one way or the other, I'll try to follow > it. If not, I'll probably take the easy way out and adopt the > NetBSD style to keep differences as few as possible. Until I hear > this, I've put this merge on hold for a spell, as I hack something > else to keep busy. > > The OpenBSD diff against FreeBSD indicates it is based on NetBSD, > so I'm not sure which I'll do first, as they're both more than the > relatively trivial diffs to DFly. the order doesn't worry me.. just tell me URLs and the order to apply them. > > > your thoughts? > > thanks > barry bouwsma > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-usb@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-usb-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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