twa driver needs updating
Gary Palmer
gpalmer at freebsd.org
Fri Oct 19 15:10:24 PDT 2007
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:02:17PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> ECEG / Daniel Duerr wrote:
> >Thank you for redirecting my message. I've been keeping these machines
> >updated on RELENG_6_2 because I have a couple pre-compiled hardware
> >drivers I must use which I do not have kernel source for. I just did a
> >csup/buildkernel last week on the latest p8 source tree and tested the
> >included twa driver and it was not up to date. Would it be possible to
> >get the twa driver pushed back into RELENG_6_2?
> >
>
> There are plans to get the new device support pushed back to RELENG_6 in
> time for the 6.3 release. I know that's not the best answer for you at
> this moment. What is really, truly needed here is a "driver update
> disk" setup for the installer that allows you to load vendor-supplied
> drivers at install time and have those drivers integrated into the
> installed system. Sysinstall has a clunky feature that kinda sorta
> satisfies the first requirement, but completely falls down on the second
> requirement, making it completely useless. If anyone is serious about
> sitting down and making such a feature happen, let me know. It would be
> an incredibly positive step towards better vendor support. I'd like to
> be involved because I've been in the vendor role in the past with
> supporting linux, and I'd like to make sure that the linux mistakes
> aren't repeated.
Since we still build a bunch of drivers into the kernel, how do you
propose replacing a driver that is part of GENERIC? I think implementing
the above feature will mean fundamentally changing the way we ship
kernels.
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