From: Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: VT6656 driver source now GPL
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:48:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090319164802.GC25237@storm.local.network> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43e72e890903190945m4d8920f5y69f5847b688b0aa1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 09:45:19AM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > VIA has released a new version of the VT6656 driver source, and it now has a
> > proper license!
> >
> > http://www.viaarena.com/Driver/VT6656_Linux_src_v1.19_12_x86.zip
> >
> > As you may recall, the previous version lacked a license altogether, making it
> > unfit for distribution.
> >
> > I'd really like to see this driver integrated into the kernel. Does anyone care
> > to comment regarding feasibility?
>
> Indeed good news, what is the latest kernel it compiles for? If it
> compiles on Linus' tree it can be stashed into staging while it gets
> properly ported.
I've not compiled it myself, yet.
However, according to a report here, it compiles with Ubuntu 9.04 (2.6.28.11):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/162671
Thanks,
Forest
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Forest Bond
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-19 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-19 16:42 VT6656 driver source now GPL Forest Bond
2009-03-19 16:45 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-03-19 16:48 ` Forest Bond [this message]
2009-03-20 13:10 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 0:08 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 0:12 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2009-04-14 0:22 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 0:40 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <49E3D7AA.1050207@lwfinger.net>
2009-04-14 0:55 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 1:04 ` Larry Finger
2009-04-14 2:11 ` Greg KH
2009-04-14 2:20 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 2:33 ` Greg KH
2009-04-14 2:46 ` Forest Bond
2009-04-14 2:10 ` Greg KH
2009-06-11 13:29 ` Harald Welte
2009-06-11 13:50 ` Forest Bond
2009-06-11 16:30 ` Harald Welte
2009-03-19 16:46 ` Forest Bond
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