From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 23:28:48 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 EB2F5174; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.ams1.isc.org (mx.ams1.isc.org [199.6.1.65]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.isc.org", Issuer "RapidSSL CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AACC11024; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bikeshed.isc.org (bikeshed.isc.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:3:d::19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.isc.org", Issuer "RapidSSL CA" (not verified)) by mx.ams1.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB9851FCAF1; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bikeshed.isc.org (Postfix, from userid 10302) id 54B13216C31; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bikeshed.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53112216C25; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmahoney@isc.org) Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 23:28:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Dan Mahoney To: Adrian Chadd Subject: Re: Comtrol Rocketport drivers? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xE919EC51 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on mx.ams1.isc.org 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 23:28:49 -0000 On Thu, 1 Jan 2015, Adrian Chadd wrote: > 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 If it's a case of "you just need the hardware to make sure the existing code works", let me know and I'll figure out where to send it, or I can get a devbox online for someone. As far as paying someone, I don't know how many hours of work this is, or what API/ABI changes are required between 7.x and 10.x, but I'm open to hearing it (off-list, please). -Dan -