On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 09:14:24 -0400 (EDT) > "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > --- > > > > everything indicates that this driver is thoroughly dead. the > > MAINTAINERS file describes it as "Orphaned", while the file > > Documentation/digiepca.txt reads: > > NAK > > > "NOTE: This driver is obsolete. Digi provides a 2.6 driver (dgdm) at > > http://www.digi.com for PCI cards. They no longer maintain this driver, > > and have no 2.6 driver for ISA cards. > > This driver is obsolete from the kernel at the point the new digi drivers > are merged. > > > This driver requires a number of user-space tools. They can be acquired > > from > > http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels." > > So fix them or merge the newer digi drivers first.
ok, but what then does it mean to read that this driver: 1) *requires* a number of user-space tools, and 2) these tools don't work with the 2.6 kernel? how then does this driver have any value under 2.6 if it requires user-space support that doesn't exist for 2.6? obviously, i'll withdraw the patch, but it's still a mystery to me how that driver can have any value under a 2.6 kernel, just based on what's written above. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://fsdev.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page ======================================================================== - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/