From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: SashaK <sashak@smlink.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 16:09:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k6v0lwwq.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2Dfup-7Zv-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (sashak@smlink.com's message of "Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:50:09 +0200")
SashaK <sashak@smlink.com> writes:
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:26:00 +0200 (MEST)
> Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se> wrote:
>
>> I hope you succeed with open-sourcing all of slmodem's driver
>> code. My Targa Athlon64 laptop has the AMR thingy and the
>> 32-bit x86 binary only slmodem driver prevents me from using
>> the modem while running a 64-bit kernel.
>
> You mean to GPL user-space program slmodemd?
> I think it is good idea, but unfortunately this code is not just my, and
> final decision was 'no'.
One way that would work is to make the binary parts of your driver run
in user space and let the kernel part just provide a kind of simple
sound card. The later should be much easier to free.
Modern CPUs are usually fast enough that the additional latency
caused by this doesn't matter.
The 64bit kernel can run 32bit programs without problems.
-Andi
next parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-11 14:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <2DdiX-6ye-17@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2Dfup-7Zv-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-09-11 14:09 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2004-09-11 20:07 ` GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 patch) SashaK
2004-09-12 8:30 ` Andi Kleen
2004-09-12 13:11 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-11 18:50 Mikael Pettersson
2004-09-11 22:11 ` SashaK
2004-09-13 20:26 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-14 13:19 ` Mario R. Carro
2004-09-14 14:59 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-14 21:04 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-15 0:58 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-17 10:22 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-18 11:29 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-18 14:35 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-18 20:20 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2004-09-20 20:23 ` Giuseppe Bilotta
2004-09-21 16:55 ` David Woodhouse
2004-09-21 20:09 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-22 8:19 ` David Woodhouse
2004-09-22 19:07 ` David Lloyd
2004-09-22 1:08 ` Sasha Khapyorsky
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-09-11 10:26 Mikael Pettersson
2004-09-11 13:48 ` SashaK
[not found] <2CvrA-Fv-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
[not found] ` <2CAhw-4dR-3@gated-at.bofh.it>
2004-09-10 16:51 ` SashaK
2004-09-09 14:04 tvrtko.ursulin
2004-09-09 15:47 ` Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09 11:47 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09 13:25 ` Ian Campbell
2004-09-09 13:46 ` Erik Mouw
2004-09-09 14:46 ` Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
2004-09-09 13:59 ` Theodore Ts'o
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