>-----Original Message----- >From: Jiri Slaby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:35 PM >To: Nick Thompson >Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload > > >On 10/17/2007 07:06 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: >> I've been wanting to get the driver that is included in the kernel up to >> date, and there >>is an active project here at comtrol to get the current >> code (driver version 3.08 beta) up >>to Linux kernel programming standards. >> The driver version that is included in the kernel >>(and has been >> patched a bit I'm sure since it's been in there a while)is version 2.09. The >> >>latest version (3.08 beta) can be obtained from: > >the easiest way is to get diff -u 2.09 3.08 and port it by hand, at least I >ususally do it this way. > >> ftp://ftp.comtrol.com/beta/rport/drivers/u_pci/linux/rocketport-linux-3.08.tar.gz >> >> If anyone has any helpful pointers (no pun intended) or comments on the >> code, I'd love to >>listen. > >Convert to pci probing and in-kernel firmware loading :). The code is big mess >due to ifdefs and much unneeded material, it's likely impossible to say this is >wrong and this not, if you won't post a patch, where people will see the >changes >you want to make. Then you will have feedback :). > >regards, >-- >Jiri Slaby ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
Jiri, Thanks a lot for the feedback, it's very much appreciated. Like I said, there is an active project here at Comtrol to get 3.08 beta up to Linux kernel coding standards, once that gets somewhere near done, a patch will be forthcoming. Thanks for taking the time to write. Regards, Nick Nick Thompson Technical Support Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comtrol Corporation ftp://ftp.comtrol.com 6655 Wedgwood Rd. Ste 120 http://www.comtrol.com Maple Grove, MN. 55311 Sales: (800)GO-ROCKET - 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/
