From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753178AbYIYHuG (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:50:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752023AbYIYHtz (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:49:55 -0400 Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net ([212.159.14.147]:45878 "EHLO ptb-relay03.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751672AbYIYHty (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:49:54 -0400 Message-ID: <48DB429C.4050904@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:49:48 +0100 From: Sitsofe Wheeler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?UGF3ZcWCIFNpa29yYQ==?= CC: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. References: <20080925024840.GA14575@kroah.com> <200809250829.22294.pluto@agmk.net> In-Reply-To: <200809250829.22294.pluto@agmk.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Plusnet-Relay: 5cd476a50e94034bcc11c3d035e8df0e Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Paweł Sikora wrote: > On Thursday 25 of September 2008 04:48:40 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. > > here's a quick list: > > - http://www.lirc.org ^^^^ People are taking steps to adapt this to be included in kernel. See http://lwn.net/Articles/297770/ . I could have sworn I saw someone posting an input layer patch for lirc the other day too... Aha - http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/24/328 . > - http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com Isn't this one already in the wireless tree? I believe it was merged in 2.6.24 - http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24#head-62e9ebf067c978bbf70898986c0aa3904d1a3543 . > - http://aufs.sourceforge.net I've read rumblings about one of the stacking FSes being merged but thus far nothing seems to have happened - http://lwn.net/Articles/265240/ . > - http://linux-uvc.berlios.de USB video has already been merged into mainline in 2.6.25 - http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_26#head-6d4ee1ddea983f5c8ac491b8685a94ea6fa4132b ! I'm using it on my eeepc... Those are the ones I recognise off the top of my head. I'll have to search with regard to the other ones you mentioned... -- Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/