From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161060AbWF0JPZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:15:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161061AbWF0JPZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:15:25 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:35257 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161060AbWF0JPY (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:15:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 11:15:09 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Charles Majola Cc: Ben Martel , Patrick McFarland , Alan Cox , stephen@blacksapphire.com, kernel list , radek.stangel@gmsil.com Subject: Re: IPWireless 3G PCMCIA Network Driver and GPL Message-ID: <20060627091509.GD29199@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060616094516.GA3432@elf.ucw.cz> <449BEABD.5010305@rootcore.co.za> <1151070837.4549.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200606270437.59454.diablod3@gmail.com> <44A0F4CC.2000606@symmetric.co.nz> <44A0F617.6050106@rootcore.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44A0F617.6050106@rootcore.co.za> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060126 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >I have had a look at the changes to the 2.6.1{6,7} kernel to do with > >the buffering and I think that this driver will benefit greatly from > >the changes away from the flip/flop scheme. > > > >When Steve and I originally wrote the driver it always seemed to be > >limited throughput wise, due to the inefficient char handling it did. > > > >Good luck in the 'hacking it for 2.6.1{6,7} department' let me know if > >I can help at all :) > > > >BTW: Can someone tell me the version that you are changing - I may > >have a later version that fixes a problem with the V2 PCMCIA cards > >from IPWireless/T-Mobile. > > > > I have version 1.0.1 - 28 Mar 2004, working with the 2.6.15 kernel, with > some minor changes I made. Can you post it somewhere? Radek was trying to make it work with 2.6.16... Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html