Re: CFT: ndis(4) testers needed!

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:14:58 +0300
  Thomas,

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 08:46:06AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote:
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?

Here is patch attached to this email.

T> What do you want me to test it on?  
T> 
T> I have Hiro H50191 USB WLAN adapter, including .inf and .sys files.

If this device is now working with FreeBSD 11, then it is the device to test.
So please just test on Hiro and that would be enough.

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 enough.

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?

You can always revert all changes to your tree with 'svn revert'.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.

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