Wilko Bulte wrote: > Quoting Rink Springer, who wrote on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 05:23:36PM +0100 .. >> Hi people, >> >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 01:40:10PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>> We're going to usher in the New Year with a new usb stack. >>> >>> Now is the time to test, test, test. >>> >>> It is also the time to point out anything missing from usb2 that >>> is in usb1. >>> >>> In two weeks, on Jan 3rd I will switch the GENERIC kernel to use >>> usb2. >>> >>> The old usb code will remain in case there is any fallout. >>> >>> Depending on how this trial goes we will hopefully move to the new >>> stack entirely within a few weeks after bug reports start dying >>> down. >> For what it's worth, I think this is *way* too early to be even >> considering this; there is still massive fundamental work being >> performed on the new stack (which reminds me that I really should get >> back to my permission patches soonish), but that is not the only >> issue. > > Guys.. is there any reason why this needs to be rushed in over the Christmas > break? Getting it in the tree, fine. But making USB2 the default so > quickly does not appear to be proper engineering procedure. > > The days that CURRENT was broken for long periods is not something the > project wants to get back to. The discussions sofar do not make me believe > this will be a smooth transition, it seems it will need testing and fixing for > a reasonable (considerable?) period. Agreed. For desktop users, sysutils/hal is currently broken with usb2. It's on my todo list to fix, but I may not have time to do it in the next two weeks. I know this may seem minor considering other issues, but people used to automounting USB media in their desktop won't think so. Joe -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome_at_FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnomeReceived on Tue Dec 23 2008 - 17:03:42 UTC
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