L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Fri, 15 May 2009, Chuck Robey wrote: > >> OK ... but you could tone it down just a touch ... >> > You might want to monitor the list a while, .. OpenBSD is build by > developers, for developers. Us'n Users get to enjoy the fruits of their > labors and contribute when we can. > > The reply was entirely appropriate. > > Lee
I'm currently trying to verify something, because while I know makefiles really well, the ones for the FreeBSD kernel are too indirect for me, so I can't yet verify about the twa driver. So far, I'm certain there is no binary blob, that's certain, but there might be some controller firmware. Lot of those disk controllers, scsi ones most especially, use on-board micros, custom ones, and the code for them, using custom compilers, gets small binary pieces. Such exists in the twa driver, among others, but I don't yet know enough about that to be public. I'd rather not sling opinions. If I were good enough at kernel FS and VM code, I wouldn't be asking for the help, being that there's already a FreeBSD driver, but I'm not, which is why I'm after the help. I'm already doing a self-assigned task involving CORTEX processors (the Pandora palmtop, really neat) so my hobby time is really spoken for.
