[PATCH] if_dc cleanups..

John Baldwin jhb at freebsd.org
Thu May 25 11:27:55 PDT 2006


On Wednesday 24 May 2006 16:41, Ben Kaduk wrote:
> On 5/24/06, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > I've changed if_dc to use the full 32-bit device ID instead of just the 
lower
> > 16-bit device ID in dc_attach() so that it doesn't have to deal with hacks
> > like the FAKE device and to make it easier to add new device IDs that have
> > collisions in the future.  I've compiled it but have no dc(4) hardware to
> > test with, so please test.  Patch is available at:
> >
> > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/if_dc.patch
> >
> > --
> > John Baldwin
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> 
> John,
> 
> I have an old machine running 6.0 with a dc card in it.  Will I need
> to stop making excuses and bring this machine up to HEAD to test this
> patch properly?
> 
> -Ben Kaduk

I think it should apply to 6.x fine.  It might need 6.1 instead of 6.0 though.  
Just try to apply the patch.  If it fails, update to 6.1 and then try it 
again. :)

-- 
John Baldwin


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