From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 6 05:59:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C5A16A4CE; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 05:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from dmlb.org (cpc2-cmbg4-6-0-cust36.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [81.96.76.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C394443D46; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 05:59:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dmlb@dmlb.org) Received: from cpc2-cmbg4-6-0-cust36.cmbg.cable.ntl.com ([81.96.76.36] helo=DJK1Comp) by dmlb.org with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1Ap6Vh-0000k3-00; Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:59:09 +0000 Message-ID: <002e01c3ecb9$85cc4ed0$a7ac77c1@DJK1Comp> From: "Duncan Barclay" To: "Al-Afu" References: <20040206064417.3FBAF19306@mailhub.webcraft99.com> Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 14:00:03 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4927.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4927.1200 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: phx@kti.nsc.ru cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Help: patching if_bfe against FreeBSD -stable (4.8, 4.9) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 13:59:33 -0000 From: "Al-Afu" Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 6:44 AM > In Reference To: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-September/003151.html > > the above specifies a patch to include the bfe driver into a 4.8 kernel. How > do I proceed with this? > > Pardon my ignorance, but I am not familiar with kernel's patches, hence the > reason I am asking for some guidance or pointers. > > Any help towards this will be greatly appreciated. Been actively trying to > solve the Broadcom 4401 NIC on my Dell 8500, and the above link seems to be > the closest I can get to. I cant afford to upgrade to -CURRENT as my > notebook is almost the mirror to all the production servers I have . There are another set of patches that "Pavel" prepared a couple of weeks ago. I need to get 4.9 on my laptop and giv e them a whirl and then commit them. I may be able to this over the weekend. I will put the patches up on a web site somewhere when I get home from work tonight. Duncan