From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 26 03:49:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C291065694; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:49:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weongyo.jeong@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 950C38FC1C; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:49:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so1938526qwb.7 for ; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:date:to:cc :subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem; bh=brEjPFjtimmm+lZEsRS79BPrlO5vZ2XFPPqbm7wsJj0=; b=PMc6qJ2Nui7H8amQi0xbyZoX2/jB2H0GNAmwikaRsuzOiW7C8U0SJEcBn6WFEHzhEq /ixIJq7LfheLM8DhX0OClde6p08nLbnSDtYmiwmj96wtwJJwxNhVnjs0T/U1SVyAh5t9 karcN+FjfW5/8bLFE1qd++7eljQZMt2RH6vGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent:organization:x-operation-sytem; b=bi9Gs6PV04rf61b4cZ6gYxTomooTcelLn4d5u+cpj4ikbfXXiFHSz/o/g+FZ2p79Mi XO5WS3u48mr6uDEif7Cq+k8Ahspsy2TnTESgzmKHpYT4qY87ltQMGbBOg7JXCImfo8X+ Wxrbhah9rPMTLNxAxd4eSgiGeFuDkh37PI+5A= Received: by 10.224.39.70 with SMTP id f6mr6521986qae.341.1261799370994; Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from weongyo ([174.35.1.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 21sm8533353qyk.12.2009.12.25.19.49.29 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by weongyo (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:30 -0800 From: Weongyo Jeong Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:49:30 -0800 To: Gavin Atkinson Message-ID: <20091226034930.GA11506@weongyo> Mail-Followup-To: Gavin Atkinson , current@freebsd.org References: <20091223035331.GA1293@weongyo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Organization: CDNetworks. X-Operation-Sytem: FreeBSD Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for Test and Review: bwn(4) - another Broadcom Wireless driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Weongyo Jeong List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:49:32 -0000 On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 09:19:40PM +0000, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Tue, 22 Dec 2009, Weongyo Jeong wrote: > >Now bwn(4) is available at the public and waiting test and review. The > >status of this driver is *alpha* so could make panics, warnings and > >errors. Please let me know if you encounter problems. > > Firstly, let me say thank you for working on this driver. It will be > great to be able to use the v4 cards! > > May I ask, is there a reason you have written a new ssb(4) Sonics > SiliconBackplane driver, rather than using siba(4) which is already in the > tree? I don't know much about these devices, but it seems like these > are for the same (or very sumular) hardware, in which case could they be > merged into one? Frankly speaking I didn't know siba(4) during I'd written ssb(4). It's my bad and I think you opinion is right to go forward though siba(4) missed 802.11 related codes. Before committing bwn(4) into tree I'd merge codes into siba(4) firstly. regards, Weongyo Jeong