Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-28 Thread Aaron Gyes
On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 20:45 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > What do you mean by "static"? Something that persists over a reboot? > Or after the device is removed? Forgot to clarify. Create a node for something that's not in sysfs, with udev. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe l

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-28 Thread Aaron Gyes
his for nvidia and any other modules affected by this change, or else switch back to the inferior devfs. Aaron Gyes - 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/majordo

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-28 Thread Aaron Gyes
mething, it doesn't really matter how inconvienient it is for me. (Though "derived work" is still pretty vague and I eagerly await a lawsuite that will disambiguate it. In other news: How do I get udev to create a static node? Aaron Gyes - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line &q

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-28 Thread Aaron Gyes
On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 10:12 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > No, that is not the general consensus at all. Please search the > archives and the web for summaries of this discussion topic the last > time it came up. > > greg k-h Hi. I've searched the archives about this stuff. It looks like you attempted

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!

2005-03-27 Thread Aaron Gyes
On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 14:30 -0500, Kyle Moffett wrote: > Well, under most interpretations of the GPL, you are *NOT* allowed to > even _link_ non-GPL code with GPL code. (Basically, by distributing > such a linked binary, you are certifying that you have permission to > GPL the entire source-code an

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-27 Thread Aaron Gyes
> And then the user want to upgrade the 2.0 kernel that shipped with this > box although the company that made the hardware went bankrupt some years > ago. > > If the user has the source of the driver, he can port the driver or hire > someone to port the driver (this "obscure piece of hardware"

Re: Kernel 2.6.11.5 doesn't recognize Plextor 712 SATA DVD burner

2005-03-26 Thread Aaron Gyes
You've tried applying the libata-dev patche, right? You need it for ATAPI support. - 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

Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

2005-03-26 Thread Aaron Gyes
> So, the fact that someone else is doing something illegal, makes it > acceptable for you to do the same thing? Please, talk to a lawyer > about > this issue if you have _any_ questions. How is what they are doing illegal? How it is even "bad"? They obviously can't give up their IP. Them providi

Re: Logitech MX1000 Horizontal Scrolling

2005-03-05 Thread Aaron Gyes
implemented for the MX1000. Anyone here smart enough to figure something out? Aaron Gyes - 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