Subject: Re: can i get ver 1.130 of usb_subr.c into 3.0 kernel?
To: Paul (NCC/CS). <pts@bom.gov.au>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/07/2006 00:18:10
On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:06:27 +1000, "Paul (NCC/CS)." <pts@bom.gov.au>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> trying to get an ipod mounted on usb port but failing,
> gtkpod says use: ver 1.130 of usb_subr.c
>
> but substituting this file for the original in the 3.0 sys source tree
> fails to build due to some unknown C structure.
>
>
> Is there a way for me to get my version of NetBSD 3.0 to
> build with the later version of usb_subr.c?
>
> If I susbtitute the whole /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/* directory would it work?
>
>
>
> (ps I don't want to upgrade the whole OS again just to get the ipod to work.
> I haven't got a spare week. I just want to rebuild the kernel , if possible. )
>
I think that 3.0 already has the fix included -- at least, my wife's iPod
worked just fine on 3.0. It's simple to test: plug in your iPod. If the
system sees it as a disk, all is well.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb