From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:59:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040909135945.GC6690@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040909114747.GC30162@lkcl.net>
On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 12:47:47PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> dear linux kernel people,
>
> i was staggered to find that swansmart (smlink.com) have a GPL
> driver for their smart usb 56k modem.
>
> i trust that someone will download, check it, and if
> appropriate, incorporate it into the mainstream linux kernel.
It's mostly GPL'ed, but there are binary-only objects both in the
user-mode daemon (modem/dsplibs.o) and in the kernel driver
(drivers/amrlibs.o).
The good news is that there a completely GPL'ed, source-complete
driver already in the 2.6 kernel, sound/pci/intel8x0m.c, which will
work with the user-mode daemon found in the smlink.com distribution.
This driver doesn't have all of the functionality of slamr driver
(which requires the propietary, binary-only object file) --- most
notably, ATM1 doesn't work when using the completely open-source
intl8x0m driver. However, it does work just fine, and so as long as
you don't mind using the propietary object file in user-space, it's a
great solution. I've been using the smlink daemon with both the
open-source and partial-propietary driver, and both work just fine on
my T40 laptop.
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-09 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-09 11:47 GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch) Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09 13:25 ` Ian Campbell
2004-09-09 13:46 ` Erik Mouw
2004-09-09 14:46 ` Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09 13:59 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
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2004-09-09 14:04 tvrtko.ursulin
2004-09-09 15:47 ` Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
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2004-09-10 16:51 ` SashaK
2004-09-11 10:26 Mikael Pettersson
2004-09-11 13:48 ` SashaK
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[not found] ` <2Dfup-7Zv-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-09-11 14:09 ` Andi Kleen
2004-09-11 20:07 ` SashaK
2004-09-12 8:30 ` Andi Kleen
2004-09-12 13:11 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-11 18:50 Mikael Pettersson
2004-09-11 22:11 ` SashaK
2004-09-13 20:26 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-14 13:19 ` Mario R. Carro
2004-09-14 14:59 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-14 21:04 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-15 0:58 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-17 10:22 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-18 11:29 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-18 14:35 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-18 20:20 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-20 20:23 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-21 16:55 ` David Woodhouse
2004-09-21 20:09 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-22 8:19 ` David Woodhouse
2004-09-22 19:07 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-22 1:08 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
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