From: Kenny Bentley <crash77a@allvantage.com>
To: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Converting kernel modules from 2.4 to 2.6/Suggested new driver
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:02:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41636E72.7090103@allvantage.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041005182716.2f3f52c0.rddunlap@osdl.org>
Randy.Dunlap wrote:
>| Does anyone know if there is a detailed guide on how to convert kernel
>| modules for 2.4 kernels to modules for 2.6 kernels? I know very little
>
>http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
>
>
I haven't had a chance to look at it in detail yet, but I think that
should definitely cover it. Thanks a lot.
>OSS is deprecated. It needs an ALSA driver.
>
>
That's one reason they made it open-source. They're hoping someone can
write an ALSA driver for it.
>You can recommend them for inclusion, but the developer or maintainer
>of them needs to either submit them or at least approve their
>submission for inclusion.
>
>
I'm not suggesting adding the drivers as they are now in the kernel.
I'm recommending taking those drivers, revising them to fix whatever
problems they had (including writing an ALSA driver for the sound card
driver), and releasing the revised modules. Or would even that still
need the original developer's approval?
>How about posting their web locations (wherever you found them)
>in case someone is interested..?
>
>
I think it was Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com). The links in a HOWTO
file on Conexant modems redirect to that. I got them somewhere for
free, whereas Linuxant charges for a full version, but either I can't
remember where I got them from or the links I got them at redirect to
Linuxant. And the documentation in the file doesn't list a Web site,
but it does mention a copyright by Conexant, but I'm unsure whether
that's for the driver itself or for the device. Same deal with the
Riptide sound card driver. That was from Linuxant, but they're not
posting that on their Web site any more, so I'm glad I got it when I
did. The file name for the HSF modem driver is
"hsflinmodem-4.06.06.02.tar.bz2" and the one for the Riptide sound card
is "riptide-0.6lnxtbeta03122800.tar.bz2". You might try doing a Web
search for those files. Actually, I don't remember whether they were
originally compressed in .bz2 format or if they were compressed in .gz
format and I recompressed them in .bz2 format (as I did for a lot of
stuff), so make sure you try both extensions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-06 4:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-06 1:09 Converting kernel modules from 2.4 to 2.6/Suggested new driver Kenny Bentley
2004-10-06 1:27 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-10-06 1:53 ` J. Bruce Fields
2004-10-06 4:13 ` Kenny Bentley
2004-10-06 2:19 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-06 4:02 ` Kenny Bentley [this message]
2004-10-06 12:51 ` John Carlson
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