From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 19:26:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E0910656D7; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (bigknife-pt.tunnel.tserv9.chi1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f10:75::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DC8B8FC08; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m71JQCvx051362; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:26:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:42:36 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <6A7AD37501FA4199B44BBBB03B0EE368@jarasoft.net> <200808011213.41335.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200808011213.41335.lists@jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808011442.37048.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [IPv6:::1]); Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:26:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.1/7911/Fri Aug 1 08:10:36 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding device to FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:26:31 -0000 On Friday 01 August 2008 12:13:41 pm John Nielsen wrote: > On Friday 01 August 2008, Jack Raats wrote: > > I would like to add the zyd device to FreeBSD. > > The zyd driver allready is in FreeBSD 7.0. > > Which steps do I have to take to add the zyd device to FreeBSD? >=20 > Sorry, what are you asking? What version of FreeBSD are you using and wha= t=20 > do you need help doing? =46rom the subject line, I imagine Jack is using 6.3-STABLE and wants to=20 backport the driver from 7.0 to 6.3. Backporting most drivers from 7.0 to= =20 6.x isn't a big deal (can generally just copy over and compile). However,= =20 zyd(4) is a wireless driver and the net80211 wireless networking stack is=20 quite different in 6.x vs 7.0, so that is where it would be complicated to= =20 backport the driver. I'm not intimately familiar with net80211 in either=20 branch, so I'm unsure how much work the backport would be. =2D-=20 John Baldwin