Subject: Re: Adding hardware support to release kernel
To: Ian bell <ianbell@ukfsn.org>
From: Stephen Borrill <netbsd@precedence.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/19/2006 15:35:28
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006, Ian bell wrote:
> Stephen Borrill wrote:
>> I've been using Damien Bergamini's ral driver for 3.0 with great success
>> (sorry don't have a link to hand, but Google will find it for you). AIUI
>> it's a different driver from the -current ral, but it saves all that
>> tedious backporting.
>
> From what I can gather, this is the same driver that is in the netBSD-current
> tree (that's what it says on Bergamini's web site at least). My problem is
> how to use this driver in a stock 3.0 install. Or are you using the freeBSd
> version or what? Basically I am still unsure what is the simplest, easiest.
> quickest way to get this driver into my system.
The thing I downloaded (which describes itself as version 1.0 IIRC) was
a straight patch against 3.0. I can send you it off list if it no longer
exists elsewhere.
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Stephen