Re: kfreebsd-kernel-headers and USB API breakage
On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 12:30:53AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:09:40PM +0100, Petr Salinger wrote:
> >>>> If we want to go for this solution, we have to scan the archive for
> >>>> usage of this header file, and fix them by submitting a patch.
> >>>
> >>>> With the hope it won't come in a middle of a transition.
> >>>
> >>> Speaking of which, we probably shouldn't be trying too long with
> >>> kfreebsd 8.0 unless we have a plan and a timeline. The blockers you
> >>> mentioned make it look like we're already on people's way. So I guess
> >>> it makes sense to revert ASAP and to contact -release@ once we're
> >>> ready to roll.
> >
> > There is a new kfreebsd-kernel-headers with small fix prepared in SVN.
>
> Thanks, I'll upload it.
>
> > * libsdl1.2
> > builds fine with it
> >
> > * qemu
> > builds fine with it
>
> Actually it still does not build fine when the patch from #558447 is
> applied, which as a side effect enables USB support.
>
> I will try to work on that and get it in the 0.12.0 release, that should
> be released really soon now.
>
> > * hal
> > There is a new upstream release 0.5.14, the git log
> > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/hal/log contains lines like
> > 2009-08-18 add USB2 support
> > 2009-08-18 add USB2 support to the FreeBSD backend
> >
> > I believe it should not be so hard to extend it for GNU/kFreeBSD.
>
> The plan is to upload 0.5.14 asap to unstable, but the maintainer is
> waiting for a fix of kfreebsd-kernel-headers or hal. Can someone work on
> that?
>
Looking quickly at it, it is based on libusb20, which is not packaged
yet...
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