From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 12 08:32:41 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B26316A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:32:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [134.226.81.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FA0043D1F for ; Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:32:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:32:39 +0000 From: David Malone To: Michael Nottebrock Message-ID: <20050312083239.GA4077@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> References: <200503120918.23504.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200503120918.23504.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie cc: "Geraghty, Dewayne" cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros chip support in 4.11 & updated if_rl.c code location? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:32:41 -0000 On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 09:18:20AM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > Also I've noted that the if_rl code has been updated and submitted for 5.4. > > Can someone please point me to the incarnation to pull this code, so I can > > install it on my 4.x series. > > Backports of device drivers to FreeBSD 4 are, in general, very VERY unlikely > (FreeBSD 4 is a dead-end branch now) and nontrivial to do due the massive > differences between FreeBSD 5 and FreeBSD 4. To elaborate further, the if_ath driver would actually be be particularly tricky to backport as it uses the net80211 framework, which isn't present in 4.X. (Some other drivers, like simple ethernet drivers, aren't so hard to backport.) David.