Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:08:07 -0400 From: Evan Sabin <memereferencehere@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting Xserve G5 Lights Drivers from OpenBSD to FreeBSD Message-ID: <E33C4255-F190-4824-8F90-5E8CFC3D35EB@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <96fecfee-af1e-9550-3429-952d808423ca@freebsd.org> References: <3AC94C98-8A92-4D0C-8787-0873B5BE223C@gmail.com> <96fecfee-af1e-9550-3429-952d808423ca@freebsd.org>
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I suppose I=E2=80=99ll just play around until I get things to work. = That=E2=80=99s how you learn, right? Thanks! > On Mar 14, 2018, at 12:17 AM, Nathan Whitehorn = <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > It depends a very great deal on the driver. These don't look very hard = to port, but there isn't a general porting guide, unfortunately. > -Nathan >=20 > On 03/13/18 19:29, Evan Sabin wrote: >> I feel as though it would be nice to have a more complete set of = drivers on my Xserve G5 running the latest FreeBSD =E2=80=94 = particularly, and really only, to support the processor indicator lights = and the system identifier button and its corresponding rear light. As = such, I did some searching and discovered the most feature-complete = drivers for these hardware components could be found in the OpenBSD = source code. = (https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/sys/arch/macppc/dev/xlights.c = <https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/sys/arch/macppc/dev/xlights.c>= ) = (https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/sys/arch/macppc/dev/sysbutton.= c = <https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/sys/arch/macppc/dev/sysbutton.= c>) I suppose my question is =E2=80=94 How do I get from point A to = point B, and how do I begin to port these drivers from OpenBSD to = FreeBSD? What are the core differences in driver development on these = two systems, particularity in regards to the PPC64 architecture? >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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