Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-31 Thread John Thornton
No only Debian UNSTABLE has the 7i96S support. Debian TESTING rejected the change. On 8/31/2022 3:46 AM, Rob C wrote: is it not debian TESTING that currently has 7i92S support (bookworm) due for stable release probably September 2023 (12 months away at present from stable)? I've not got a

Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-31 Thread Rob C
is it not debian TESTING that currently has 7i92S support (bookworm) due for stable release probably September 2023 (12 months away at present from stable)? I've not got a 7i92S but it makes sense or some way to get LCNC to work with the most available boards currently available. But it may mean

Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-30 Thread John Thornton
Yes, I feel that the outm only needs to be put in 2.8.4 to solve the immediate problem of board availability. Currently only Debian unstable has the 7i96S and I sure most users would rather use a stable OS on their machines. JT On 8/30/2022 4:09 AM, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at

Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-30 Thread Phill Carter
>> I have cherry-picked the changes needed to make it work with 2.8.3 in >> the branch "outm_for_2.8" and initial tests by people who actually >> have a 7i86S look promising (I don't have one to test with) > > Does no-one really have any opinion on this? My only concern is that if 7i96s support

Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-30 Thread gene heskett
On 8/30/22 05:14, andy pugh wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 19:50, andy pugh wrote: I have cherry-picked the changes needed to make it work with 2.8.3 in the branch "outm_for_2.8" and initial tests by people who actually have a 7i86S look promising (I don't have one to test with) Does no-one

Re: [Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-30 Thread andy pugh
On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 19:50, andy pugh wrote: > I have cherry-picked the changes needed to make it work with 2.8.3 in > the branch "outm_for_2.8" and initial tests by people who actually > have a 7i86S look promising (I don't have one to test with) Does no-one really have any opinion on this?

[Emc-developers] Driver changes in a stable branch?

2022-08-24 Thread andy pugh
Normally I wouldn't consider this, but chip shortages mean that the only readily-available Mesa card at the moment is the 7i86S. (The good news is that it is a good option for many stepper systems) I have cherry-picked the changes needed to make it work with 2.8.3 in the branch "outm_for_2.8" and