Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:19:12 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use kernel modules from CURRENT on STABLE Message-ID: <20060725131912.GB43934@gothmog.pc> In-Reply-To: <44C5BDB6.7080609@locolomo.org> References: <44C5BDB6.7080609@locolomo.org>
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On 2006-07-25 08:44, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote: > Hi: > > I have had some problems, it seems that the drivers in -STABLE does > not support my hardware fully. So I want to try out drivers on > -CURRENT without switching the whole system up to current. > > What is the best way to do this? > > - checkout current and copy the relevant source into the stable source > tree? > - checkout and compile -CURRENT kernel and then copy relevant kernel > modules? > - or won't work at all? problems with linking? other? > > It appears that most modules don't have a separate make file, how do I > compile just the module in question? Apart from back-porting the fixes of the drivers to STABLE, I don't think there is *any* good way to do what you describe, so it's not easy to say what the "best" way is. I don't think any of the options listed above can work -- at least without some porting effort.
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