From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 18:59:23 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9FC4E4 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 18:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com (mail-we0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67F55B27 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 18:59:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id w62so3658991wes.13 for ; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:59:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=BPdoA53dPB3CpgJyKf0MIH9c0MNMVMEeey+jdkqdKmU=; b=HYtJWogUYD+kEgDIRQG4Nv1tKut1Nhiz0ijrquHMSi3+8szDrx4Mhs0vBbeGXXWDqf ebJ8q1ZYoWS8eMkfU9THqxqPRnRbLEPtuqWqw6sxzsMo0GqvYr8tzfxZk6TSPlAr1BBu GuHf/tOkdUo3H+Z+xXXhL54ibwrtMqkEQ/OfaT4icYpV9394ruYpZlaL3agoP6r/6VtE EEzJImnUjqd8oBvFyDsaodfX7DrCt4cKRQ65crj8TEO9cwuNsrEJSCCOMaBv1Xu1UJ3Y HNSauMRilvqZ6k4BcJ0qH++5dulG3iJlm5uKbMaJc8AEAnPEMCzy5AI5UPtlnpqUWoxp f2lg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.7.198 with SMTP id l6mr127229702wia.26.1420138761746; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:59:21 -0800 (PST) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.216.106.195 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:59:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:59:21 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: x4qlSbO9RmjrPBKeyRZTNMkh7Fg Message-ID: Subject: Re: Comtrol Rocketport drivers? From: Adrian Chadd To: Dan Mahoney Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:59:23 -0000 On 30 December 2014 at 20:02, Dan Mahoney wrote: > Hey all, > > We use rocketports quite a bit around the office. We've largely been > replacing them with USB-based devices, but they're still functional and it > seems a shame to throw working kit away. > > I notice support for these rocketport boards stopped in 7.x. Did the > kernel just diverge too much, or was there some other reason support was > dropped? (i.e. closed-source driver, etc?). > > If there's a better mailing list to ack on (-hackers?) please let me know. A lack of hardware and a lack of developer interest. I'm sure you could find someone to pay to update the rocketport driver for stable/10 and head. :-P -adrian