Olivier Blin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Vincent Guardiola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Olivier Blin a écrit : >>> Hi, >>> >>> For 3G cards support (which is listed in 2007.0 features), we need the >>> nozomi kernel driver. [...] >>> The easier solution would be to include it in the main kernel package, >>> but I don't think the source code of this driver meets the quality >>> standards of the kernel team. >>> I know that a driver is being rewritten for this 3G cards (see >>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/7/20/98 ), but I won't be ready for 2007.0 >>> release.
According to the git tree, the development has stalled. http://62.75.245.128/view?p=nozomi.git;a=summary Since the LKML thread states the driver produces a NULL pointer dereference, we can't use this this rewrite for now. >>> Another solution would be to generate pre-compiled dkms packages, from >>> the existing dkms-nozomi package. Unfortunately, there is no >>> package media to host such pre-compiled dkms packages currently. >>> >>> Could we provide a "pre-compiled dkms packages" media for this kind of >>> drivers? So, we have the "pre-compiled dkms packages" solution left, and if I understood correctly, Arnaud agrees. Warly, should we add yet another medium or upload the dkms packages to main/contrib directly? >>> The important work would be about maintaining automatic rebuilding of >>> the dkms packages, but the kernel team already has such scripts AFAIK, >>> and I'd volunteer to extend them or write new ones. Can iurt be extended to do that without introducing unreasonable maintainance cost? Thanks -- Olivier Blin - Mandriva
