Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:27:57 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> Cc: usb@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP new usb code coming in. Message-ID: <20080819202757.GG16977@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <48AB2A1C.4080808@moneybookers.com> References: <20080819194413.GB16977@elvis.mu.org> <48AB2A1C.4080808@moneybookers.com>
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* Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> [080819 13:16] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >After a long period of review and testing I am on the verge of > >committing Hans Peter's new usb stack to -current. > > > >The patchset requires a SMALL _493_ line diff to the main code, > >mostly bug fixes to arm. And then a large number of new files > >for the usb system. > > > >The new usb system will be committed as separate files with > >the intention of folding them over the old files before the > >9.0 release. > > > >The diff to the main files is here: > >http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb2_release_001.diff > > > >The whole diff, including new files is here: > >http://mu.org/~bright/usb2/usb4bsd.diff.gz > > > >FAQ: > >Q. Has this been reviewed? > >A. Yes, pretty strongly by myself and we've consulted with > >various others, Warner, Scott and Andrew for review/testing. > >I wouldn't say that Warner or Scott have given full review > >but just about all questions have been answered. > > > >Q. Can we change the name from "usb2_" to my favorite name? > >A. No. This is for a short period, stop being so annoying. > > > >Q. What about the old usb code? > >A. What about it? :D > > > >Q. What about ttys? > >A. I don't know, we'll address the mpsafe aspects of ttys shortly, > >Hans is very responsive to SMP issues. > > > >Q. Shouldn't you wait? > >A. Wait for what? No. > > > >Q. I have some whitespace nits, can you do those? > >A. No. It's a 100k line diff and a 3meg delta, we tried really hard > >to get all whitespace right, but you're welcome to point things out after > >the commit. > > > >Thanks! > > > > > Is this the same as usb4bsd - http://turbocat.net/~hselasky/usb4bsd/ ? Yes. > > As user I think this is great news. Old usb is so buggy and there are > lot of PR that are not addressed > only because in the new usb stack they are fixed or just does not exist > and nobody care for the old usb anymore. Yup! :) -- - Alfred Perlstein
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