Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 07:59:05 GMT From: "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/69268: Fix ndiscvt to warn you if it's going to generate a useless module Message-ID: <200407190759.i6J7x5q0067488@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200407190800.i6J80o9Z088279@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 69268 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Fix ndiscvt to warn you if it's going to generate a useless module >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 19 08:00:49 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Daniel O'Connor >Release: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD inchoate.localdomain 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #1: Wed Jul 7 06:18:08 CST 2004 darius@inchoate.dons.net.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/INCHOATE i386 >Description: Some drivers (eg Intel Wireless 2100) for Windows 2000 cause ndiscvt to generate a driver which doesn't match any hardware. This patch causes it to generate a error in this case. >How-To-Repeat: Use the NDIS5 Intel Wireless 2100 drivers with ndiscvt and try and load the resulting kld - it doesn't attach to anything. >Fix: http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/ndiscvt-warnonempty.diff >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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