now, but it's possible for ndis_reset_nic() to sleep (sometimes the
MiniportReset() method returns NDIS_STATUS_PENDING and we have
to wait for completion). To get around this, execute the ndis_reset_nic()
routine in the NDIS_TASKQUEUE thread.
new problem shows up: symblic links (<libname>.so) are created under
/usr/lib/ now, instead of under /lib/geom/ where geom(8) looks for them.
Introduce a workaround to fix this by teaching geom(8) to open libraries
via /lib/geom/<libname>.so.<major_number> instead of /lib/geom/<libname>.so.
so reflect this in the default. The uucp uid is a bit funny, and
is used by mtree in /var/spool for locks, so we can't remove it
without thinking about it a bit harder.
replace the version we currently have in src/gnu/usr.bin/patch/.
Among other things, this version includes a --posix option for strict
POSIX conformance.
This version is the current source from OpenBSD as of today. It is
their 3.5-release, plus a few updates to patch.c and pch.c that they
made about three weeks ago.
- Give ndiscvt(8) the ability to process a .SYS file directly into
a .o file so that we don't have to emit big messy char arrays into
the ndis_driver_data.h file. This behavior is currently optional, but
may become the default some day.
- Give ndiscvt(8) the ability to turn arbitrary files into .ko files
so that they can be pre-loaded or kldloaded. (Both this and the
previous change involve using objcopy(1)).
- Give NdisOpenFile() the ability to 'read' files out of kernel memory
that have been kldloaded or pre-loaded, and disallow the use of
the normal vn_open() file opening method during bootstrap (when no
filesystems have been mounted yet). Some people have reported that
kldloading if_ndis.ko works fine when the system is running multiuser
but causes a panic when the modile is pre-loaded by /boot/loader. This
happens with drivers that need to use NdisOpenFile() to access
external files (i.e. firmware images). NdisOpenFile() won't work
during kernel bootstrapping because no filesystems have been mounted.
To get around this, you can now do the following:
o Say you have a firmware file called firmware.img
o Do: ndiscvt -f firmware.img -- this creates firmware.img.ko
o Put the firmware.img.ko in /boot/kernel
o add firmware.img_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf
o add if_ndis_load="YES" and ndis_load="YES" as well
Now the loader will suck the additional file into memory as a .ko. The
phony .ko has two symbols in it: filename_start and filename_end, which
are generated by objcopy(1). ndis_open_file() will traverse each module
in the module list looking for these symbols and, if it finds them, it'll
use them to generate the file mapping address and length values that
the caller of NdisOpenFile() wants.
As a bonus, this will even work if the file has been statically linked
into the kernel itself, since the "kernel" module is searched too.
(ndiscvt(8) will generate both filename.o and filename.ko for you).
- Modify the mechanism used to provide make-pretend FASTCALL support.
Rather than using inline assembly to yank the first two arguments
out of %ecx and %edx, we now use the __regparm__(3) attribute (and
the __stdcall__ attribute) and use some macro magic to re-order
the arguments and provide dummy arguments as needed so that the
arguments passed in registers end up in the right place. Change
taken from DragonflyBSD version of the NDISulator.
Hardware Notes:
- Only include text related the device listings and hardware support
in the HARDWARE section.
- Make the HARDWARE section preamble text have a call to the Nm macro,
so the driver name will appear in the Hardware Notes.
- Add the manufacturer name to each item in the device list, where
appropriate.
- Clean trailing punctuation characters from the lists.
to be particularly correct or optimal, but it seems to be enough
to allow the attachment of USB2 hubs and USB2 devices connected via
USB2 hubs. None of the split transaction support is implemented in
our USB stack, so USB1 peripherals will definitely not work when
connected via USB2 hubs.
their own directory and module, leaving the MD parts in the MD
area (the MD parts _are_ part of the modules). /dev/mem and /dev/io
are now loadable modules, thus taking us one step further towards
a kernel created entirely out of modules. Of course, there is nothing
preventing the kernel from having these statically compiled.
The different between the new function and g_mirror_orphan() (which was
used previously) is that syncid is bumped immediately, instead of on
first write, because when consumer was spoiled, it means, that its
provider was opened for writing, so we can't trust that its data
will be valid when it will be connected again.
(and it appears possible throughout ftpd(8) source.)
It is not a mere issue of style: Null pointers in C
seem to have been mistaken one way or another quite often.
