On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Enrico <[email protected]> wrote: > updated the webrev > http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev/enrico/illumos-gate-2995/ > > i've put 0.5.11,5.11-0.151.1.6 in fmri version, > is this correct? >
I think it should still use $(PKGVERS) as with everything else. -Albert > > On 07/13/2012 05:02 PM, Albert Lee wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Enrico <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> created an issue for this case >>> https://www.illumos.org/issues/2995 >>> >>> webrev: >>> http://sunkiss.altervista.org/illumos-2995-webrev/ >>> >>> >> >> Thanks. A nice side effect is removing instances of the BSD >> "advertising clause". >> >> A quick search on OpenGrok shows there are still remaining references >> to the drivers in usr/src/uts/common/Makefile.files and >> usr/src/uts/common/Makefile.rules. pcan is also used as an example in >> usr/src/README.license-files. >> >> Additionally, I believe that without package obsoletions, the drivers >> will remain installed/installable after upgrading, as the >> incorporation will no longer restrict them, and type=require >> dependency they declare on pkg:/system/kernel will be compatible with >> newer versions. I would like someone better-versed in pkg(5) to >> confirm this. Allowing the drivers to remain installable may not be >> desirable if the intent is to remove private interfaces they use in >> the near future. >> >> -Albert >> >>> On 07/12/2012 04:37 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 7:07 AM, Albert Lee wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I also have some of these devices (and briefly used pcwl on my old >>>>> laptop), but I doubt there is a use case for them from going forward. >>>>> The devices were wildly popular 10 years ago, but for the mobile >>>>> platforms, that's an eternity. If there are still PCMCIA based systems >>>>> somewhere, supported PC Cards that are capable of 802.11g should >>>>> pretty have completely superseded them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Yep. Furthermore, the legacy drivers don't support WPA at all. Which >>>> makes >>>> them nearly completely useless in today's networks. >>>> >>>> I'd had a plan to nuke pretty much all the PCMCIA stuff (not card bus!) >>>> from >>>> illumos for a while now. Its a really old bus that nobody uses anymore. >>>> These >>>> drivers were some of the last that people used. (The others being the >>>> old >>>> CompactFlash adapters, but these days people use USB or Cardbus based >>>> adapters >>>> with CF.) The motivation for nuking PCMCIA, apart from general cleanup, >>>> is that >>>> PCMCIA bus interfaces are unlike other busses, and also wind up forcing >>>> us >>>> to >>>> carry other legacy crap in our core kernel. So this cleanup enables >>>> still >>>> other >>>> cleanup, which can then allow other optimizations or future changes to >>>> nexus >>>> frameworks to be made more easily in the future. >>>> >>>> - Garrett >>>> >>>> >>>> *illumos-discuss* | Archives >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175548-9b54c406> | >>>> Modify >>>> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >>>> Your Subscription [Powered by Listbox] <http://www.listbox.com> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------- >>> illumos-discuss >>> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now >>> RSS Feed: >>> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175801-e6d8763a >>> Modify Your Subscription: >>> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >>> >>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- >> illumos-discuss >> Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now >> RSS Feed: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175548-9b54c406 >> Modify Your Subscription: >> https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >> >> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
