Subject: Re: New USB driver & API, now on NetBSD 3.0
To: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/01/2006 12:09:54
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Julian Elischer wrote:
> if NetBSD has accepted Hans's rewritten drivers, then that takes away one of
> the few remaining obstacles
> for having them in FreeBSD, which is the fact that we were trying ot maintain
> compatibiolity with
> NetBSD.
While I can't technically judge the details,
what I wonder is what the benefits of this new USB stack is, and what
drawbacks the existing one is supposed to have that justifies replacing a
working piece of software. And some estimate if it's really easier to
replace than to fix.
- Hubert