From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Gatliff Subject: Re: SM501 framebuffer driver Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:34:28 -0500 Message-ID: <45327124.6040301@billgatliff.com> References: <45268042.8050207@billgatliff.com> <452691A2.2020209@anagramm.de> <20061013121138.GA21744@linux-sh.org> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GZ9t3-0008Q3-OU for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:34:57 -0700 Received: from s-utl01-sjpop.stsn.net ([72.254.0.201]) by mail.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1GZ9t3-0007ak-I7 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:34:57 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20061013121138.GA21744@linux-sh.org> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Robert Whaley , sm5xx-devel@lists.berlios.de Paul Mundt wrote: > > We also have an OSS driver for SM501, but it contains a lot of 8051 > microcode that needs to be shoved in to userspace, and it needs to be > reworked for ALSA. > Hi Paul! Long time no chat! :) One thing that concerns me about all of the ALSA implementations I've seen so far is that the source code for the 8051 side is never included. GPL questions aside, for legacy reasons alone we've got to make sure that stuff gets in too. But then again, there's the question of where the source code is at all, and what toolsystem you use to produce the binary image... b.g. -- Bill Gatliff bgat@billgatliff.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642