Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:01:08 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: dds@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc MAKEDEV src/sys/conf files.i386 majors src/sys/i386/conf LINT Message-ID: <20041007.100108.96921301.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20041007.093249.23012109.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200410071145.i97BjLm6013567@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041007.093249.23012109.imp@bsdimp.com>
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"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
: In message: <200410071145.i97BjLm6013567@repoman.freebsd.org>
: Diomidis Spinellis <dds@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: : Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4)
: : etc MAKEDEV
: : sys/conf files.i386 majors
: : sys/i386/conf LINT
: : Log:
: : Added the pbio(4) 8255 parallel peripheral interface basic I/O driver.
: : The driver is designed for performing I/O under program control using
: : peripherals such as the Advantech PCL-724 card, which emulates the Intel
: : 8255A PPI in mode 0. Other 8255A-based peripherals such as the BMC
: : Messsysteme PIO24II card have also been reported to work.
: :
: : PR: i386/46238
: : Approved by: re (kensmith)
:
: Although approved by re@, would it have really hurt to commit this to
: head first? There's no risk of breakage committing something to
: current first because you already have something working on 4.x.
: This is a simple driver, and having it work in current would be
: relatively trivial. The risk is that it wouldn't work there.
I have ported pbio.c to current. This looks like a useful driver
(espeically considering that I think that my company would want to use
it), and I'd like to see it committed to current. Do you have any
objections to my committing it, or would you like to do the deed?
Warner
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