Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:50:01 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Cc: David Walker <davidianwalker@gmail.com> Subject: Re: kern/94369: [bktr] [patch] Patch to support Leadtek WinFast Tv2000 XP bktr card Message-ID: <201202280850.01031.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CABE=bRNzhiPgT8H0rBm5godwe3QNMA6z4y8D-wJmVe3kcbXJyA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CABE=bRNzhiPgT8H0rBm5godwe3QNMA6z4y8D-wJmVe3kcbXJyA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday, February 27, 2012 12:26:15 pm David Walker wrote: > Hey. > > Originally posted here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012- February/238818.html > > I'm new here. :] > > I have one of these cards. > I notice the PR is open - does this mean the patch was not committed? Yes. > Is there anything I can do to get eyeballs on this? > I've never compiled from source or applied a diff but if it needs > testng and someone's willing to give me a basic outline of the > procedure I'll see if I can avago. > Learning this stuff is on my todo list for this decade but time is short. You will need to use patch(1) to apply the patches from the PR to a kernel source tree and then build a new kernel (or a new bktr module) to test it. I believe there are some instructions in the Handbook about compiling custom kernels and possibly applying patches as well. -- John Baldwin
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