From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: ISDN testing Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:43:57 -0400 Message-ID: <480BF15D.2090100@garzik.org> References: <20080420223959.GA17998@havoc.gtf.org> <200804210205.38891.elendil@planet.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, isdn4linux@listserv.isdn4linux.de To: Frans Pop Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:43107 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752631AbYDUBoA (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:44:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200804210205.38891.elendil@planet.nl> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Frans Pop wrote: > (Dropping private CCs.) > > Jeff Garzik wrote: >> - "isn't ISDN dead?" Apparently, no it's not :) >> >> - "don't waste your time, drop these drivers and get mISDN into the >> kernel instead" -- based on discussion it does sound like mISDN should >> get into the kernel. Until these drivers are dropped, however, my >> patches remain appropriate. >> >> And in case people are curious, #isdn-pci isn't ready for upstream yet >> for two main reasons: (1) two drivers remain unconverted, and (2) none >> of the changes have been tested, even once. > > I have three different ISDN cards. However, since I've had ADSL since about > 3 years (on top of ISDN), I don't actually use it anymore. > > I could be persuaded to do some testing though, or to donate some or all of > my cards for that purpose. > > For testing I'd at least need somewhere to connect to, preferably in NL. > I have no idea if I could still connect to my previous provider using ISDN. > The account was transferred to a different provider about 2 years ago, but > the mail accounts with the old provider are still active. > > The cards I have are: > - Teles 16.3 ISA -- worked way back when with Debian Woody > - ITK ix1-micro 2.1 ISA > - Eicon Diva 2.01 PCI > > I also have a test box I can put them in :-) > > Looks like I can still at least successfully load the hisax driver with > 2.6.18 for the Teles card. For the last two I'm not sure if I ever had them > working with Linux (or even if I tried). Honestly, a module-load test on real hardware can give us some useful information, even if it's not connected to anything. My changes are primarily in the probe-the-hardware area, so successfully making it past that new code would indeed be a useful data point. Check out the kernel found in 'isdn-pci' branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/misc-2.6.git Any help is certainly appreciated! Jeff