Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:44:21 +0100 From: Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: usb@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP usb2/usb4bsd to become default in GENERIC Message-ID: <20090208134420.GA42242@bsdcrew.de> In-Reply-To: <20090206045349.GQ78804@elvis.mu.org> References: <20090206045349.GQ78804@elvis.mu.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 May be also a ports exp-run to make sure you don't break to many ports? - - Martin On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 08:53:49PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Hello -current and -usb. > > We are in the final stages of bringing in the new usb > stack. > > Features include: SMP, better device support, speed increases. > > We hope to make it in for 8.0. It will really take a unified effort > to make this all work and I look forward to all contributors input. > > We have a few large steps ahead of us and I wanted to lay out the > schedule so that people understand what is coming and what to expect. > > At this point we expect there to be no style or changes in usb2 > that are not bugfixes until Phase 3 "Hand off". The reason for > this is to prevent bugs from creeping in and allow the maintainer > to focus 100% on bugs and feature parity with the oldusb stack. > > Here is the plan and timeline: > > Phase 1) Make usb2 the default, by enabling it in GENERIC. > > * Sunday 8 Feb 2009 -- Toggle the usb2 knob in GENERIC > > - Add all the usb2 options to NOTES, including commented > documentation about recommended usb2 'sets' of options, > and the usual NOTES-based hints about the options. > > - Update GENERIC to use usb2 device names. > > - Bump __FreeBSD_version and edit UPDATING to note usb2 is now the > default. > > - Verify that it still possible to use the old usb code as a > fallback, until we are ready to detach and remove it from /head > > * Sunday 22 Feb 2009 -- Go through quirks in old-usb code and port > over any remaining bits to usb2 > > - Lock the oldusb code for 2 weeks, until the next usb2 > checkpoint, to verify usb2 is a viable replacement without > having to keep chasing a moving oldusb target. > > Phase 2) Removing the oldusb code. > > * Sunday 15 Mar 2009 -- usb2 bug busting weekend > > - Go through the open usb2 problem reports, and see if there are > any usb2 blocker bugs that need fixing. > > - If the bug hunt shows we are ready to do away with oldusb, > unlink the old usb code from the build, but leave it in for > a few more days. > > * Sunday 22 Mar 2009 -- remove oldusb code. > > - old usb code will be removed. > > Phase 3) Hand-off. > > * Sunday 29 Mar 2009 -- usb2 hand over to src-committers > > - The switch from a private Hans-only repository to the main > subversion tree. > > - At this point, the usb2 is handed over to the src-committers > and Hans has to go through a mentor/committer before committing > changes. > > Thank you! > > -- > - Alfred Perlstein > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > - -- +-----------------------+-------------------------------+ | PGP : 0x05682353 | Jabber : miwi(at)BSDCrew.de | | ICQ : 169139903 | Mail : miwi(at)FreeBSD.org | +-----------------------+-------------------------------+ | Mess with the Best, Die like the Rest! | +-----------------------+-------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmO4bQACgkQFwpycAVoI1NEcACeMQyjZGYPG1WO/pAT7ErFaKop pyYAnAuICJDTLDepTnLvvth1o+53m0nU =R3Om -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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