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Date:      Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:27:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Hidetoshi Shimokawa <simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Cc:        ikob@freebsd.org, firewire@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hello lurkers..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209101924380.64029-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <ybs1y81qngp.wl@ett.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

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On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote:

> At Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:01:34 -0700 (PDT),
> Julian Elischer wrote:
> > Well I know this isn't an active list but I also know that people ARE 
> > working on 1394 and do listen to this..
> > 
> > 
> > OK, so as a llong-term FreeBSD committer I want to 
> > get Firewire into the CVS tree in teh next few weeks.
> 
> As far as I know, Kobayashi-san will do.

I am happy to let him do so but if I can help to make it easier
then I shall do so.

> 
> > What I need to know is:
> > 1/ it seems to me there are two 'variants' of firewire code.
> > What is being done to address this? (DV vs General)
> 
> Both of two are originally written by Kobayashi-san, the first version
> (for FreeBSD-4.x, http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/DVTS/software/index.html)
> was discontinued because of the socket interface is objected by
> FreeBSD developers.

I am reading his paper on this. I will know more later

> He wrote new version from scranch for FreeBSD-5.x which has
> basic SBP-II support. (ftp://ftp.uec.ac.jp/pub/firewire/beta/)
> I improved the new driver (SBP-II support, async transactions,
> kernel module, ethernet emulation, etc.) and put it on
> http://people.freebsd.org/~simokawa/.


> 
> > 2/ are the current patches commitable vs -current?
> > Note: they do NOT HAVE TO WORK to be commitable, but they should compile.
> >
> 
> They compile and work.
> 
> We developed the source under our private CVS repository because
> When we ask admin@freebsd.org to make repository on freefall for the driver,
> we cannot get a response.

I think this is a problem.. an you tell me what you would ocnsider "perfect"?
and we can see what can be achieved.

> 
> > New features need not be committed fully functional, but it makes it a LOT
> > easier to get lots of testers if it is checked in.
> > 
> > let me know how I can push this because 5.0 is close and 
> > I'd like to see it standard in 4.8 as well.
> > (I actually need it in 4.4)
> 
> Kobayashi-san, any comments?
> 
> /\ Hidetoshi Shimokawa
> \/  simokawa@sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
> PGP public key: http://www.sat.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~simokawa/pgp.html
> 


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