Re: [kernel 2.6] Patch for mxser.c driver

[Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>]

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Bernard Pidoux napsal(a):
> Hi,
> 
> The multiport serial adapter I wanted to use is a four ports C104H/PCI
> SmartIO.
> 
> I just received from Moxa support a beta version of the driver
> (mxser_1.9.1.tgz).
> 
> Acording to readme.txt file
> 
>    The Smartio/Industio/UPCI family Linux driver supports following
> multiport
>    boards.
> 
>     - 2 ports multiport board
>         CP-102U, CP-102UL
>         CP-132U-I, CP-132UL,
>         CP-132, CP-132I, CP132S, CP-132IS,
>         CI-132, CI-132I, CI-132IS,
>         (C102H, C102HI, C102HIS, C102P, CP-102, CP-102S)
> 
>     - 4 ports multiport board
>         CP-104EL,
>         CP-104UL, CP-104JU,
>         CP-134U, CP-134U-I
>         C104H/PCI, C104HS/PCI,
>         CP-114, CP-114I, CP-114S, CP-114IS,
>         C104H, C104HS,
>         CI-104J, CI-104JS
>         CI-134, CI-134I, CI-134IS,
>         (C114HI, CT-114I, C104P)
> 
>     - 8 ports multiport board
>         CP-118EL, CP-168EL,
>         CP-118U, CP-168U,
>         C168H/PCI,
>         C168H, C168HS,
>         (C168P)
> 
> I did not have any problem to compile this beta version of driver 1.9
> and utilities under kernel 2.6.16 with gcc 4.0.3
Thanks for sources. The problem is, they still use deprecated api, they still
pci_find_device, despite I applied them to correct it and they promise to at
least try their best, unfortunately with no effect :(. I guess, if they don't
convert it to pci probing, the driver won't be altered (delete 'if LINUXVERSION'
and so on) to be re-merged as a new version.
The driver needs to be rewritten as a whole (macros, whitespace, probing, maybe
it missed some new tty api changes and so on). Maybe I get into that on summer
holidays or somebody may do so earlier, but merging driver in present state is
maybe unwanted.

regards,
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