kern/94369: [bktr] [patch] Patch to support Leadtek WinFast Tv2000 XP bktr card

[David Walker]

Hi John.

Thanks for the reply.

On 29/02/2012, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Monday, February 27, 2012 12:26:15 pm David Walker wrote:
>> I have one of these cards.
>> I notice the PR is open - does this mean the patch was not committed?
>
> Yes.

OIC.

>> Is there anything I can do to get eyeballs on this?
>> I've never compiled from source or applied a diff but if it needs
>> testng and someone's willing to give me a basic outline of the
>> procedure I'll see if I can avago.
>> Learning this stuff is on my todo list for this decade but time is short.
>
> You will need to use patch(1) to apply the patches from the PR to a kernel
> source tree and then build a new kernel (or a new bktr module) to test it.
> I
> believe there are some instructions in the Handbook about compiling custom
> kernels and possibly applying patches as well.
>
> --
> John Baldwin
>

As I mentioned I'm new here.
That might be a little out of my depth for the forseeable future.
It's a good mission though.

If I take on this mission, what does it take to get a piece of
hardware into the tree?
In this case a PR with very simple patches and apparently eyes on from
a comitter didn't cut it.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern%2F94369

Would it be useful for me to poke the PR?