[OpenIndiana-discuss] equivalent to SUNWuftdi ?

[Marcel Telka]

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 08:44:29PM +0200, Jim Klimov wrote:
> On 2013-07-12 20:36, Marcel Telka wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 02:33:06PM -0400, Francois Dion wrote:
> >>What is the package on OI that provides the equivalent (FTDI FT232R usb
> >>serial driver)?
> >
> >$ pkg search SUNWuftdi
> >INDEX       ACTION VALUE                            PACKAGE
> >incorporate depend pkg:/SUNWuftdi at 0.5.11,5.11-0.133 pkg:/consolidation/osnet/osnet-incorporation at 0.5.11-0.151.1.8.1
> >legacy_pkg  legacy SUNWuftdi                        pkg:/driver/serial/usbftdi at 0.5.11-0.151.1.8.1
> >pkg.fmri    set    openindiana.org/SUNWuftdi        pkg:/SUNWuftdi at 0.5.11-0.133
> >$
> 
> 
> Slight off-topic: is there anything more modern, and is
> open source code available for this package? ;)

http://src.illumos.org/source/search?path=usbftdi&project=illumos-gate

> 
> In the context of today's discussion about the future of
> illumos (or at least OI's) compilers, would old binary
> packages made by SS12 continue working with a GCC-built
> system? For example, is this package expected to work on
> GCC-made hipster today, or is it expected to not work? :)

This question makes little sense with regard to the usbftdi package, but in
general, both gcc-compiled and suncc-compiled kernel modules should work
together, because both should follow the same ABI.

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