Version of FreeBSD for libbsd

[Joel Sherrill]

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 3:25 PM Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de> wrote:

> Am 05.08.2018 um 19:21 schrieb Joel Sherrill:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 5, 2018, 8:59 AM Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de
> > <mailto:list at c-mauderer.de>> wrote:
> >
> >     Am 03.08.2018 um 19:30 schrieb Joel Sherrill:
> >     > Hi
> >     >
> >     > libbsd.txt says this is based on FreeBSD 9.2 but I thought it
> >     > had been updated past that.
> >     >
> >     > Also how could I have figured this out otherwise?
> >     >
> >     > If it matters, there are also man pages references to FreeBSD 9.2.
> >     >
> >     > And is the Changes up to date? It has a date of 2017?
> >     >
> >     > Thanks.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > --joel
> >     >
> >     >
> >
> >     Hello Joel,
> >
> >     since we have a single release for all sources since about one year,
> the
> >     simplest method to find out which release is used is to take a look
> at
> >     the freebsd-org submodule. Currently that's revision 642b174da of the
> >     FreeBSD git mirror which is from 2017-04-04.
> >
> >     So it should be something between 11 and 12.
> >
> >
> > Then what do you recommend the phrase be in the libbsd.txt since it says
> > 9 right now.
>
> Currently it's
>
>   RTEMS uses FreeBSD 9.2 as the source of its TCP/IP and USB stacks.
>
> How about something like the following instead:
>
>   The libbsd makes FreeBSD subsystems like TCP/IP, USB, SD and some more
> usable for RTEMS. It tries to follow the FreeBSD development as close as
> possible and therefore is updated to the latest FreeBSD HEAD revision
> from time to time.
>

This is much better. Before it was dated and I knew is was wrong.bu5 not
how to fix it.

Could it also provide a pointer/link to info in the FreeBSD submodule so
someone can pull it and answer the question precisely?

I was looking for a specific answer to put in the paper we have been
working on. It shouldn't be hard or require too much magic to answer this
question. :)

>
> It seems that we have two types of man page links:
>
> 1. In the "Network Stack Features" section and two other points:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=unix&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE[UNIX(4)]
> ::
> UNIX-domain protocol family
>
> 2. The following style for all other links:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=device
>
> I'm not sure whether the "Network Stack Features" is still up to date
> but if it is, maybe we should migrate to the style 2.
>

As long as we are tracking reasonably close to their master, would it not
make sense to just use their master docs? Which I think is the latter form.

Thanks.

--joel

>
> Best regards
>
> Christian
>
> >
> > And should the man page links be updated? I know they rarely change
> but...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >     Best regards
> >
> >     Christian
> >
>
>
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