Re: [Eciadsl-devel] yet again about the BSD driver

[Benoit P. <ben...@fr...>]

Nuno Morgadinho a =E9crit :
> About libpusb and eciadsl-usermode-bsd, an initial effort has been made=
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> by benoit and kolja but really more work and attention is needed.      =
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> Currently, I think these issues should be addressed:                   =
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> + Shall a separate package be create to libpusb?                       =
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> + Can someone put the eciadsl-usermode-bsd under the eciadsl CVS?      =
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> Thanks in advance,                                                     =
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OK. I've checkout out our last CVS soure code and I setup two modems:=20
ECI Hi-Focus (using gs7070 chipset) and Siemens Santis 10 (using gs7470=20
chipset). I've been able to connect to the Internet using those modems +=20
the same binaries (just changing the configuration). I've corrected some=20
bugs for the gs7470 chipset (ie nortek). So everything is working...=20
under Linux.

On the BSD side, I just installed FreeBSD 5.3 using vmware and both=20
modems are proper "seen" by libpusb. I did not test the source code sent=20
by kolja yet.

My proposition is:

- for libpusb : in the short term, we need to create a directory for it.=20
  I will create one, named "libpusb" at the same level as "usermode",=20
"kernelmode" and so on.

- for the "usermode" part, we need to have a special branch "bsd" (i=20
don't know where to branch it yet). On this branch, i will put the=20
eciadsl-usermode-bsd and then the version from kolja (with the proper=20
tag to get them later easily). Creating a branch will make development=20
easier without disturbing the "MAIN" branch.

Is it OK for everybody?

My plan is:
- change libpusb to work under Linux (currently it only works under=20
BSD)... and maybe some other OS (namely: QNX and BeOS).
- port the existing driver (in the MAIN branch) to use this API (and=20
reusing code from kolja or the existing bsd driver).

If possible, i would like to (optional todo list :-)):
- use autoconf instead of hand made configure (will ease porting to new=20
arch and cross compiling)
- study hotplug to make the modem Plug & Play
- study how to support different modems at the SAME time (currently, we=20
have a single configuration file)

That's it.
Benoit