From: okaya@codeaurora.org
To: Brian McGrew <brian.mcgrew@vxdatadesign.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Help Updating Device Drivers
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:11:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <769a37ad0f762ee05abefdd5b82112b9@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8F6C8BF9-FC37-4E24-B573-5D8A0A4C8DF7@vxdd.onmicrosoft.com>
On 2018-03-14 16:28, Brian McGrew wrote:
> Hello...
>
> Would this be the correct list to seek help in updating an old device
> driver? I have a vendor provided device driver for a piece of PCIe
> hardware that compiles and runs in kernel-3.14 but is outdated for the
> newer kernel-4.1X series. I’m not a kernel developer and haven’t done
> any real kernel work since the 2.4/2.6 days and am totally lost while
> undressing pressure to make it work ASAP. Can I post code excepts and
> get help here, or is there a better mailing list?
Google is your friend. Search for each compilation failure in mailing
lists.
There are too many changes. You will have to deal with each one.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -brian
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