On second thought, I'm not sure. It may need a fixed version. Embedding knowledge of the current OI build version is probably not the right thing to do though.
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Albert Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 pretty have completely superseded them.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
