Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:34:34 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a reason that xhci isn't mentioned in NOTES in 8-stable? Message-ID: <5007E2BA.3010300@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201207191229.52222.hselasky@c2i.net> References: <5007D002.7000805@FreeBSD.org> <201207191117.42833.hselasky@c2i.net> <5007D583.5000809@FreeBSD.org> <201207191229.52222.hselasky@c2i.net>
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On 07/19/2012 03:29, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> On Thursday 19 July 2012 11:38:11 Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 07/19/2012 02:17, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>>> On Thursday 19 July 2012 11:14:42 Doug Barton wrote:
>>>> The xhci code in 8-stable works, but it's not mentioned in the NOTES
>>>> files in sys/conf, sys/i386/conf, or sys/amd64/conf. The module is
>>>> hooked up in sys/modules/usb/Makefile, and that's how I've been using it
>>>> so far. Is it not possible to compile this code into the kernel?
>>>>
>>>> Doug
>>>
>>> Yes, you can compile xhci into the kernel using "device xhci". Not sure
>>> who's responsible for updating NOTES.
>>
>> That would be you. :) (Since AFAICS you added the code.) It should
>> almost certainly also be in the GENERIC files for the systems to which
>> it applies.
>>
>> In HEAD and stable/9 it's in sys/conf/NOTES, and
>> {amd64|i386}/conf/GENERIC; so the same should probably go for stable/8.
>> Not sure if the code works on stable/7 or not, but we're going to do
>> another release in stable/8 so it should be updated there for sure.
>
> I've MFC'ed the NOTES bit, but I'm not sure about the GENERIC bit.
>
> http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/238616
Thanks! What are your concerns about adding it to GENERIC?
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