synce on FreeBSD

[Mark Ellis]

Any FreeBSD users out there ? I want to try and make the new release as
FreeBSD freindly as I can, but I have very little knowledge of it and
could use a hand, so please speak up.

Ta
Mark

[Mark Ellis]

Hello, Mark!

Hi Alexander

Posting back to the list in case there is anyone else about.

Post by Mark Ellis
Any FreeBSD users out there ? I want to try and make the new release as
FreeBSD freindly as I can, but I have very little knowledge of it and
could use a hand, so please speak up.

I'm maintainer of some of synce-* FreeBSD ports (
http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=name&method=match&query=synce-&num=20&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search
). Unfortunately we don't have pppd binary in the FreeBSD base from
8.0 version (we have userland /usr/sbin/ppp only). All of the synce-*
ports are useless right now.

I noticed that, that's not something I was expecting to have to fix :( I
do have some ideas on it though. I don't much like it, because it
appears to be impossible to use userland ppp without modifying the
system config file, very messy IMHO, and completely awful for a dynamic
config like synce has. I'm going to have to add an entry to the ppp
config file to enable a control socket, and run pppctl to configure the
link, hopefully have something working soon, and it will at least be
usable at that point.

The other fun part is working out devd to replace all the hal stuff,
there appears to be very little documentation. What i'd like to do is
listen for connection events involving the uipaq driver to set off the
connection, but I can't see any way of getting the correct device file
when this happens, are you familiar with devd ?

Ta
Mark

[Ilya Bakulin]

The best approach IMHO is to use mpd (miltilink PPP daemon by mav@, not
music player) to connect to WM device.
IIRC I have posted some configs and scripts here in the past.
If there are none floating around, I will try to search them on the
local disc.
Unfortunately I've moved from FreeBSD desktop to Mac OS X and to
Android-based phone, so I have no possibility to test these scripts.

P.S. Happy New Year to all of you!

Post by Mark Ellis

Hello, Mark!

Hi Alexander
Posting back to the list in case there is anyone else about.

Post by Mark Ellis
Any FreeBSD users out there ? I want to try and make the new release as
FreeBSD freindly as I can, but I have very little knowledge of it and
could use a hand, so please speak up.

I'm maintainer of some of synce-* FreeBSD ports (
http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=name&method=match&query=synce-&num=20&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search
). Unfortunately we don't have pppd binary in the FreeBSD base from
8.0 version (we have userland /usr/sbin/ppp only). All of the synce-*
ports are useless right now.

I noticed that, that's not something I was expecting to have to fix :( I
do have some ideas on it though. I don't much like it, because it
appears to be impossible to use userland ppp without modifying the
system config file, very messy IMHO, and completely awful for a dynamic
config like synce has. I'm going to have to add an entry to the ppp
config file to enable a control socket, and run pppctl to configure the
link, hopefully have something working soon, and it will at least be
usable at that point.
The other fun part is working out devd to replace all the hal stuff,
there appears to be very little documentation. What i'd like to do is
listen for connection events involving the uipaq driver to set off the
connection, but I can't see any way of getting the correct device file
when this happens, are you familiar with devd ?
Ta
Mark
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[Mark Ellis]

not music player) to connect to WM device.
IIRC I have posted some configs and scripts here in the past.
If there are none floating around, I will try to search them on the
local disc.
Unfortunately I've moved from FreeBSD desktop to Mac OS X and to
Android-based phone, so I have no possibility to test these scripts.
P.S. Happy New Year to all of you!

Hi Ilya, happy new year to you !

I use android myself as well, but i am trying to keep synce at least
working.

If you've got some scripts to use mpd i'd like a look at them. For now
i'll try what i've cooked up for user ppp, just because i don't have a
huge amount of time to look at something new from scratch, but changing
ppp at a later date shouldn't be too tricky.

I'm more stuck on devd :(

Post by Mark Ellis

Hello, Mark!

Hi Alexander
Posting back to the list in case there is anyone else about.

Post by Mark Ellis
Any FreeBSD users out there ? I want to try and make the new release as
FreeBSD freindly as I can, but I have very little knowledge of it and
could use a hand, so please speak up.

I'm maintainer of some of synce-* FreeBSD ports (
http://www.freshports.org/search.php?stype=name&method=match&query=synce-&num=20&orderby=category&orderbyupdown=asc&search=Search
). Unfortunately we don't have pppd binary in the FreeBSD base from
8.0 version (we have userland /usr/sbin/ppp only). All of the synce-*
ports are useless right now.

I noticed that, that's not something I was expecting to have to fix :( I
do have some ideas on it though. I don't much like it, because it
appears to be impossible to use userland ppp without modifying the
system config file, very messy IMHO, and completely awful for a dynamic
config like synce has. I'm going to have to add an entry to the ppp
config file to enable a control socket, and run pppctl to configure the
link, hopefully have something working soon, and it will at least be
usable at that point.
The other fun part is working out devd to replace all the hal stuff,
there appears to be very little documentation. What i'd like to do is
listen for connection events involving the uipaq driver to set off the
connection, but I can't see any way of getting the correct device file
when this happens, are you familiar with devd ?
Ta
Mark
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