From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matti Aarnio Subject: Re: 2.6.16, sk98lin out of date Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:05:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20060213110542.GZ3927@mea-ext.zmailer.org> References: <200602131058.03419.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Alistair John Strachan Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200602131058.03419.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:58:03AM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > From: Alistair John Strachan > To: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: 2.6.16, sk98lin out of date > Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:58:03 +0000 > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Hi, > > As I'm sure the drivers/net maintainers are well aware, SysKonnect constantly > update their sk98lin/sky2 driver without bothering to sync their changes with > the official linux kernel. My understanding is, that skge driver has superceded the sk98lin in most uses. There could, of course, be a change to insert vendor driver _as_is_ into baseline kernel with its own name. > I quickly downloaded driver version 8.31 from http://www.skd.de/ today and > used the install script to generate a diff against 2.6.16-rc3. Even after > fixing up some DOS EOLs in the package, the diff was still well over 1.5MBs. > This is an enormous number of changes. > > The reason I'm posting is that my DFI LanParty-UT SLI-D works with this > version of the driver, but not the version 2.6.16-rc3. > > [alistair] 10:55 [~] dmesg | grep sk98lin > sk98lin: Could not read VPD data. > sk98lin: probe of 0000:01:0a.0 failed with error -5 > > I wonder if it's worth just identifying the "quick fix" (I've seen > workarounds for corrupt VPDs like mine) or whether a general merge > up would be beneficial.. See if 'skge' driver would work instead of 'sk98lin' ? > If nobody's maintaining this driver I wouldn't mind helping out. > > -- > Cheers, > Alistair. /Matti Aarnio