From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2B0DDE3C for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 20:59:20 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: R_PPC_ADDR16_HI relocs in PPC modules ? From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Simon Vallet In-Reply-To: <20070103080151.214ebb62@mlejnas.priv.castalie.org> References: <20070102172554.7a94cd37@mlejnas.priv.castalie.org> <1167770486.6165.70.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070103080151.214ebb62@mlejnas.priv.castalie.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:58:12 +1100 Message-Id: <1167818293.6165.143.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 08:01 +0100, Simon Vallet wrote: > On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:41:26 +1100 > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > BTW. What is this evil^H^H^H^Hbinary driver you are talking about ? > > Yes, blobs are evil, but a binary driver is still better than no driver > at all... > > I'm working on the unicorn driver for the BeWan ADSL PCI card -- the > card manufacturer does not seem willing to provide the relevant info > (I'm not really aware of the specifics -- Sven Luther will probably > know more about this). Besides, much of the functionality of the card > is implemented in software, so a 100% open-source driver would probably > require a lot of work. > > Last but not least I wanted to dig a bit into binary formats anyway ;-) Doh ! I've been in "contact" with that driver in a previous life... it's a whole bunch of horrid C++ with windows wrappers all over... or did they improve it ? It's still an ST chip ? Ben.