From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:10:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:10:43 -0400 Received: from bs1.dnx.de ([213.252.143.130]:10143 "EHLO bs1.dnx.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 May 2002 02:10:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 07:39:20 +0200 From: Robert Schwebel To: Christer Weinigel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.17 /dev/ports Message-ID: <20020524073920.T598@schwebel.de> In-Reply-To: <3CED438B.6090906@evision-ventures.com> <20020523212239.EA736F5B@acolyte.hack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:22:39PM +0200, Christer Weinigel wrote: > Please do *grin* I will probably have to write a driver for just such > a card (a PC104 card though, but that's just a differenct connector), > so I'd love to have such a driver. And as long as the driver is > self-contained and doesn't mess with other parts of the kernel I can't > see why it shouldn't be included in Linus' tree. COMEDI is the way to go for things like these. So if you want to make a driver for your device you should subscribe the comedi mailing list first and look if anybody has already done the work for you. Robert -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de | | Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry | | Braunschweiger Str. 79, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany | | Phone: +49-5121-28619-0 | Fax: +49-5121-28619-4 | +--------------------------------------------------------+