Re: how to compile and install a new driver [for CP2101]

2008-01-08 Thread Steve Franks
I thought a number of people would be interested in my experience with the CP2101 driver on FreeBSD, so here it is: -- Forwarded message -- From: Steve Franks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Dec 25, 2007 4:41 PM Subject: Re: usb/119002: add "ucp" driver support To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EM

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-12-24 Thread Steve Franks
On Nov 27, 2007 3:11 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:48:28PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found this thread > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html > > to a driver I need for my system. > > > > (1) The fi

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-28 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chuck Robey wrote: Nice description, but you'd better include enough info so that they could make FreeBSD-stype diffs: diff has the unfortunate default of making an output that is compatible with ed(1). This supplies extremely little information to use, in case the file you're trying to patc

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:28:53PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > The 'make kernel' command will install the module automagically. > > On the next boot, you should be able to load the ucp driver module with > > kldload(8). > > > > So is the kernel the collection of all .ko modules then? A lot (b

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Chuck Robey
Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Steve Franks wrote: I found this thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html to a driver I need for my system. (1) The file extension (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) is .diff, not .c, so what exactl

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Steve Franks wrote: (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) Looks like it applies to /usr/src/sys. After untarring the file, Err... read what I meant to say, not what I actually said... In my defense, I was still su

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Steve Franks wrote: I found this thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html to a driver I need for my system. (1) The file extension (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) is .diff, not .c, so what exactly do I do with it to

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Franks
On Nov 27, 2007 3:11 PM, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:48:28PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I found this thread > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html > > to a driver I need for my system. > > > > (1) The fi

Re: how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:48:28PM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > Hi, > > I found this thread > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html > to a driver I need for my system. > > (1) The file extension > (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) is .diff, not

how to compile and install a new driver

2007-11-27 Thread Steve Franks
Hi, I found this thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027445.html to a driver I need for my system. (1) The file extension (http://www.dons.net.au/~darius/ucp-0.01.diff.gz) is .diff, not .c, so what exactly do I do with it to compile it? (2) Assuming I can get it