From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753527AbYI2Pv6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:51:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751482AbYI2Pvu (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:51:50 -0400 Received: from [198.145.64.141] ([198.145.64.141]:48371 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751264AbYI2Pvu (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:51:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:42:27 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Alan Young Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. Message-ID: <20080929154227.GA10741@kroah.com> References: <31134782.1222671063829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31134782.1222671063829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:51:03PM -0700, Alan Young wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 at 05:10:07 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > > What kernel modules do you currently use/rely on that are not in the > > main kernel tree? Do you have links to them? I'd be glad to add them. > > I still use the ES56-PI modem driver @ http://tx.technion.ac.il/~raindel. > It has a 2.6 port up to 2.6.24, but it's not more current than that due to > serial/tty interface changes. And there's a challenge that it uses a binary > blob. :-( Best case would be to see if the vendor could open up like > Atheros (Thanks! Yea!) did. If not, I wonder if the blob could be > minimalized to the bare modem functions and the serial interfaces be > brought out into open code. If the blob is removed, then yes, we can include it into the kernel tree and I will be glad to help get it there. But until then, sorry, there's not much we can do. thanks, greg k-h