Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)

Mikael Pettersson
2004-09-11T18:51:52Z

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:48:56 +0300, SashaK <sashak@smlink.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:26:00 +0200 (MEST)
>Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> wrote:
>
>> I hope you succeed with open-sourcing all of slmodem's driver
>> code. My Targa Athlon64 laptop has the AMR thingy and the
>> 32-bit x86 binary only slmodem driver prevents me from using
>> the modem while running a 64-bit kernel.
>
>You mean to GPL user-space program slmodemd?
>I think it is good idea, but unfortunately this code is not just my, and
>final decision was 'no'.

No, I meant the 'slamr' kernel driver module, which is
built from a big binary-only library (amrlibs.o) and
a small amount of kernel glue source code. As long as
amrlibs.o is distributed only as a 32-bit x86 binary,
I won't be able to use it with a 64-bit amd64 kernel.

slmodemd is not the problem since an amd64 kernel can
support 32-bit x86 user-space binaries.

/Mikael