Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 08:21:46 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: mail@dbalan.in Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dmesg submission service -- please submit today Message-ID: <CANCZdfph0cqqPqb%2BWLChQw9LBSrgg30X9i=kgRvjo8DRzNC=rQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20181007081620.mp6h2err52pkyas3@kazhap> References: <CANCZdfr-JoK=_z4JXOXpM7Cqe%2BikaZK2qKTcOVo_d1NbOBsv5Q@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfoGLq8Bk-Vk5C-yrTH3FYw72_28P1g6jR_HNF2RKmvKtw@mail.gmail.com> <20181007081620.mp6h2err52pkyas3@kazhap>
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On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 2:16 AM Dhananjay Balan <mail@dbalan.in> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 11:40:36PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 12:48 PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > As you can tell, the project is looking to clear some of the deadwood > from > > > its driver lists. One problem is that we have to guess what's in used > based > > > on our personal experience. This has proven to be less reliable than > hoped > > > in the 10/100 discussions that are going on now. > > > > > > So, to that end, I'd like to request as many people as possible submit > > > their current dmesg to the service at > http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi > > > so that we have a better basis for future preliminary lists of drivers > for > > > other parts of the tree. Please take the time to make these submissions > > > regardless of what your current hardware is. Please submit for any > machine > > > you'd like to upgrade to FreeBSD 12 or 13. Identifying information is > > > generally masked out. > > > > > > This is just a request by me. I'll be using the data in about a month > to > > > look at old parallel scsi driver use. Though not definitive, it will be > > > suggestive of what's in use. The data is currently a bit thin, so I > thought > > > I'd see what a message like this could do to improve that situation. > This > > > should be viewed as a personal suggestion right now... > > > > > > Warner > > > > > > P.S. I know there's other user generated data sites out there, but this > > > appears to be the only one that's actually still working. > > > > > > > This one-liner works to submit, though you'll need to change username, > > email and maybe tweak the description if your system doesn't have decent > > smbios entries. It's also x86 centric, since other systems won't have > this > > information as readily available. > > > > curl -v -d "nickname=$USER" -d "email=$USER@$(hostname)" -d > > "description=FreeBSD/$(uname -m) on $(kenv smbios.system.maker) $(kenv > > smbios.system.product)" -d "do=addd" --data-urlencode > > 'dmesg@/var/run/dmesg.boot' > > http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi > > When I try to submit (with the oneliner or web form), it fails with > "Sorry, this is an unsupported OS. If you feel it should be added, please > contact admin." > > dmesg is from FreeBSD 12.0-ALPHA8 r339174=b24b22909(master). > Oh right. There's a known bug I should have mentioned: If your uname doesn't have a '#' in it, the script will reject it. You can add #0+ after the ALPHA8 and before the r339174 and it will work. I've reported this to the dmesg guys. Warner
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