FreeBSD P4 USB project - precompiled kernels available for download

[Hans Petter Selasky]

Hi Ben,

On Saturday 29 December 2007, Ben Kelly wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2007, at 8:14 PM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > I took the time today to crossbuild a couple of kernels based on
> > the FreeBSD
> > P4 USB Project using the "GENERIC" kernel config so that people can
> > try how it
> > works. The P4 USB Project is currently based on FreeBSD 8.x. I have
> > not
> > tested if the precompiled kernels work on FreeBSD 6.x or FreeBSD
> > 7.x, but I
> > presume yes. Things that I want you to try out:
>
> Do these images match the current code in the subversion repository
> referenced at the following page?
>
> http://www.selasky.org/hans_petter/usb4bsd/index.html

No, my SVN repo has not been updated for a while because the USB code has been 
under heavily development. I will do an update once the USB code stabilises.

>
> It didn't look like there had been any USB changes in there
> recently.  Has the USB development moved completely to p4?

Just for the time being. I will update my SVN repo soon so that you can get 
the source code and compile for yourself.

>
> I would like to try the new stack, but I am guessing I will need to
> patch it for usb/95173 in order to use my umass device.

Usually it is best if patches go into FreeBSD current first, because else I 
will have to keep track of the patches I take in. Regarding your patch, it 
looks OK, except it would be nice if the patch could be modified so that it 
automatically detects these quirks. Because adding quirks is a bad solution 
in the long run.

Maybe you have another USB mass storage device you can test ?

>
> Thanks for working on this!
>

--HPS