Re: New ark3116 driver - testers needed

[Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>]

On Sunday 23 August 2009 14:46:16 Bart Hartgers wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I managed to write an improved ark3116 driver after I figured out that
> it is just an 16450 UART with some USB glue logic.
>
> Compared to the old ark3116 driver it offers the following improvements:
> - cts/rts handshake support
> - break signalling
> - line error detection
>
> Since it is a big step from the previous driver, it made little sense
> to modify that one, so I created new driver, named ark316new. Also
> this means that both could coexist if the new one doesn't work for
> someone.
>
> I have no datasheet, so the driver is entirely based on reverse
> engineering, and some testing by others would be a good idea.
>
> I also tried to include the IrDA fixes for the old ark3116.c driver
> that were posted on this list recently, but I could not test if
> these work, since I don't have the proper hardware.
>
> Because of this, I would appreciate reports of both success and
> failure in using this driver.

Good work. I'll try the driver during the week with that USB-to-IrDA thing.


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Ondrej Zary