From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 15:42:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E35516A4CE for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 15:42:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 828F543D49 for ; Sat, 22 May 2004 15:42:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AA3972DD2; Sat, 22 May 2004 15:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DDF72DB5; Sat, 22 May 2004 15:41:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 15:41:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Geoff Buckingham In-Reply-To: <20040521211614.GA41981@chuggalug.clues.com> Message-ID: <20040522154057.R3299@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040130140455.GA25530@chuggalug.clues.com> <20040521211614.GA41981@chuggalug.clues.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vpd driver never mfc'd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 22:42:04 -0000 On Fri, 21 May 2004, Geoff Buckingham wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 04:58:07PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Geoff Buckingham wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there a technical obstical that is preventing the vpd (Vital Product Data) > > > driver getting MFC'd? > > > > > > It is very usefull for working out which IBM server/laptop you are running on. > > > > > > I am quite willing to come up with a local hack to get it working, but suspect > > > it has just been forgotten. > > > > PR reference? > > > Sorry i did not realise I had to raise a PR to ask a question > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/67011 You don't normally, but since you indicated you had patches, we DO need patches to be attached toa PR for tracking purposes. > however there seem to be no obsticles and i have it working locally We're in the middle of a freeze in -stable right now so it isn't going to happen anytime soon... -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org