Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:33:17 +1030 From: David Walker <davidianwalker@gmail.com> To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/94369: [bktr] [patch] Patch to support Leadtek WinFast Tv2000 XP bktr card Message-ID: <CABE=bROZn-u=d7SdhMAA1FDfGE-A095Ni2KCkz_a9=bA2JgX_g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201202280850.01031.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <CABE=bRNzhiPgT8H0rBm5godwe3QNMA6z4y8D-wJmVe3kcbXJyA@mail.gmail.com> <201202280850.01031.jhb@freebsd.org>
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Hi John. Thanks for the reply. On 29/02/2012, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Monday, February 27, 2012 12:26:15 pm David Walker wrote: >> I have one of these cards. >> I notice the PR is open - does this mean the patch was not committed? > > Yes. OIC. >> Is there anything I can do to get eyeballs on this? >> I've never compiled from source or applied a diff but if it needs >> testng and someone's willing to give me a basic outline of the >> procedure I'll see if I can avago. >> Learning this stuff is on my todo list for this decade but time is short. > > You will need to use patch(1) to apply the patches from the PR to a kernel > source tree and then build a new kernel (or a new bktr module) to test it. > I > believe there are some instructions in the Handbook about compiling custom > kernels and possibly applying patches as well. > > -- > John Baldwin > As I mentioned I'm new here. That might be a little out of my depth for the forseeable future. It's a good mission though. If I take on this mission, what does it take to get a piece of hardware into the tree? In this case a PR with very simple patches and apparently eyes on from a comitter didn't cut it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern%2F94369 Would it be useful for me to poke the PR?
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