From: pix <pix@test.at>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fxload patch to set bRequest byte
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 07:09:05 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051022070904.GA6544@kachi2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051019014259.GD13089@kachi2>
On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 03:33:09PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:42:59AM +0200, pix wrote:
> >
> > i needed this to get the emi26 driver out of the kernel (since it's
> > being removed in some distributions already for being non-free).
>
> That's just Debian being anal for no good reason. Don't give in to
> them, they are just being foolish :)
well i think they are just preparing for the inevitable. you can't have
a kernel claiming to be gpl if it contains code covered by a license
that is not, by any stretch of the imagination, gpl-compatible. so i'm
all for taking it out. but i'm also all for having it still work
somehow and in the emi case it's so trivial i had to do it.
also like i said, this non-kernel method works with my current setup
where the in-kernel method doesn't. i think it's something about the way
tapio was combining sequential bits of the firmware into big writes to
speed things up (producing the not so uncommon -110 error). fxload also
does this, but i guess in a different, more friendly way, that gets
through without errors.
i'll document the full method and put up the necessary files on my
website <http://pix.test.at> soonish, if anyone is interested.
pix.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-19 1:42 fxload patch to set bRequest byte pix
2005-10-20 22:33 ` Greg KH
2005-10-22 7:09 ` pix [this message]
2005-10-26 22:49 ` Greg KH
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