From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:41:10 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Brad Parker Cc: Gabriel Ricard , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, linux-usb@suse.com Subject: Re: [linux-usb] Re: USB Device Driver Development Resources Message-ID: <20000303144110.E21458@kroah.com> References: <20000303180757.9695.qmail@web1704.mail.yahoo.com> <200003032108.QAA25344@p2.parker.boston.ma.us> <20000303143347.D21458@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20000303143347.D21458@kroah.com>; from greg@kroah.com on Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 02:33:47PM -0800 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 02:33:47PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > But there is a person working on a Linux driver for this device without > the help of Keyspan. His name is Brian Warner, and hopefully there will > be some code for you to play with soon (right Brian? :) > > He is writing his own AnchorChip code for the device and the driver will > download it to the converter, eliminating the need to reverse engineer > Keyspan's vendor specific protocol. A very cool hack. > Oops, I forgot, there is another developer that IS working with Keyspan to provide a Linux driver, Hugh Blemings. In fact, Keyspan has commented to him that there have been a number of inquiries about Linux drivers for their devices, so they have been helping him out in getting the proper specs and firmware. So hopefully we will have a number of Keyspan drivers to choose from soon. greg k-h greg@kroah.com ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/