i give up

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:49:02 +0900
Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:

> what a tragic story.  and zero technical info, like even what your
> controller is.  best of luck in penguin land.  bye!
> 
> randy

No, actually, I forwarded to Soren all the information I could glean
from Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD (which I managed to install on an
external USB drive).  I also applied the patches he sent me, which
failed to cure the problem, and have been monitoring the mailing lists
and CVS repo for any signs of progress, but so far I've seen nothing.

If I were more technically adept in the realm of hardware drivers and
low-level system programming, I'd gladly help out.  I did, in fact, ask
Soren if there was anything else I could do to help, but was met with
absolute silence.

Believe me, I'm none too eager to have to forsake FreeBSD for the land
of the penguin, after 12+ years of happily using FreeBSD, and even
contributing where I could, in the areas of port maintenance and
sharing my accumulated knowledge in the mailing lists.  It's more than
a little saddening to me that little or no attention has been paid to
this problem, leaving me no choice but to seek another platform capable
of managing all of my hardware.

So, what can I say, other than that it's been a great 12 years, and I
will sadly miss continuing to be an active member of the FreeBSD
community, your flippant response notwithstanding.  Perhaps if you'd
been following the lists more closely over the last several months,
you'd have realized that this was not my first post on this subject,
although it will probably be the last.  I'd certainly love it if I were
proven wrong and a solution to my problem was indeed forthcoming, but
given the utter silence and neglect I've been seeing, I'm not holding
out any great hopes.

Best wishes to the FreeBSD community.  No hard feelings, and I will
still continue to checkout the latest sources from time to time just on
the outside chance that a solution will eventually be found.

Sincerest regards from a long-time FreeBSD user now in exile.  :-(

-- 
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads at cox.net>