> On Tuesday 17 January 2006 06:03, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > "Michael S. Eubanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Okay. I will look into it some more. I need to get better idea > > > of how the USB driver code works. It looks like there are only > > > minor differences between my current driver code and the NetBSD > > > code. With respect to any questions and changes I make, should I > > > contact mux@ directly using the email address listed on the > > > contributors page? > > > > Every FreeBSD committer should expect to get a mail with some > > questions, so mailing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not forbidden. :-) > > > > But he's not "the USB guy in the block". He just tries to port the > > uhidev code (maybe because he needs it). So don't expect an answer > > to every question. > > > > Unfortunately we don't have an active USB guru around, except > > Hans-Petter Selasky (not a FreeBSD committer), but he develops a > > rewritten-from-scratch USB stack. So don't expect him to be able to > > answer questions reagarding the USB stack in -current. > From my personal experience and just looking at the commiter that has > been touching the usb files I'd add Ian Dowse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > to that short guru list. He has been pretty busy recently, but if > you're willing to do your homework I'm sure he'd be happy to answer > any questions.
I've also been doing a bunch inside the usb stack, although not having enough time either. > > So far HPS wasn't able to convince a committer to import his work. > > Partly because we think that a USB stack which is shared between > > the BSD's may be better, partly because the existing stack seems to > > work good enough for those committers which may be willing to > > import the new one or be able to mentor HPS. > As Warner said it takes time to work through such a large change. > Hans-Petter Selasky stack is trying to be free of the GIANT lock and > that's a bit tricky with USB, but ultimately the direction we are > heading for 7.0. Yes. There's also some concerns over the safety of the novel locking scheme that has been proposed for usb that take a lot of time and energy to work out. Eg, are they any better than the stock tools, does it work? Does it fill a void in our stock tools? etc Warner _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-usb To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
