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Date:      Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:43:09 +0200
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New driver loading scheme for Project Evil, need input
Message-ID:  <20050420104309.hqhvxfmu00cskwks@netchild.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050419225640.7B92816A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20050419225640.7B92816A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>

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Bill Paul <wpaul@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Anyway. The things I have yet to determine are:
>
> - Where should windrv_stub.c ultimately be installed? I'm thinking it
>  should go in /usr/share/misc.
>
> - What should the script be called? wintobsd.sh sounds kind of lame.
>
> Any suggestions or comments on my mad scheme would be welcome.

Can this be extended to also cover other binary blobs like firmware images,
so we just have one way to do it? I'm thinking about e.g. the just recently
committed WLAN drivers or about cxm (WinTV PVR250 driver in
multimedia/pvr250).

Bye,
Alexander.

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