Re: CFT: ndis(4) testers needed!

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 12:32:11 +0300
On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 07:49:56AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
T> > I ended with doing the aforementioned 2 changes as one.
T> 
T> > The diff is living here:
T> 
T> > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2655
T> 
T> > It spans the net80211 layer and converts (almost) all 802.11 drivers
T> > to new KPI. Now it also converts if_ndis, and this is the change I
T> > am asking you to test.
T> 
T> > Unlike all other drivers, converting if_ndis wasn't trivial. There are
T> > likely bugs introduced, so it may happen that we will need several
T> > rounds of testing.
T> 
T> What do I need to download?  There is a lot of stuff on the page you cite, and I see a link to the right, Download Raw Diff.  Is that what I'm supposed to download?

Correct, the link "Download Raw Diff".

T> What do you want me to test it on?  
T> 
T> I have Hiro H50191 USB WLAN adapter, including .inf and .sys files.
T> 
T> I also have, on MSI MPOWER motherboard, Atheros AR9271 quasi-USB WLAN, and Realtek 8111E Ethernet, with MS-Windows drivers but no .INF and .SYS files on DVD that came with the motherboard.
T> 
T> Is there a way to convert MS-Windows drivers that come with no .inf and .sys files to ndis-compatible format?  Or just test on the Hiro H50191?

Testing on Hiro would be fine.

T> Also, after applying the patch to the source tree, what if anything do I have to do to not be messed up for subsequent svn updates to source tree?

If you want to revert your svn tree to pristine state, you need
to say in the root of the tree:

svn revert --depth=infinity .

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Totus tuus, Glebius.
Received on Thu Aug 06 2015 - 07:32:19 UTC

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