Scott Long wrote: > ECEG / Daniel Duerr wrote: >> Thank you for redirecting my message. I've been keeping these >> machines updated on RELENG_6_2 because I have a couple pre-compiled >> hardware drivers I must use which I do not have kernel source for. I >> just did a csup/buildkernel last week on the latest p8 source tree and >> tested the included twa driver and it was not up to date. Would it be >> possible to get the twa driver pushed back into RELENG_6_2? >> > > There are plans to get the new device support pushed back to RELENG_6 in > time for the 6.3 release. I know that's not the best answer for you at > this moment. What is really, truly needed here is a "driver update > disk" setup for the installer that allows you to load vendor-supplied > drivers at install time and have those drivers integrated into the > installed system. Sysinstall has a clunky feature that kinda sorta > satisfies the first requirement, but completely falls down on the second > requirement, making it completely useless. If anyone is serious about > sitting down and making such a feature happen, let me know. It would be > an incredibly positive step towards better vendor support. I'd like to > be involved because I've been in the vendor role in the past with > supporting linux, and I'd like to make sure that the linux mistakes > aren't repeated. Hi, can you write something about it at http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall/ToDo ? I don't know when I'll get around to implement it but it looks like a useful feature to have.
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