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Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:38:35 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: "Svein E. Seldal" <Svein.Seldal@edcom.no>
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Subject: Re: Custom kernel version and depmod
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:30:36AM +0200, Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> 
> 
> > From: Greg KH
> >
> > A bit off-topic, but any reason why you can not just submit your driver
> > for inclusion in the main kernel tree?  The USB developers are usually
> > quite easy to convince to take new drivers :)
> 
> Well I know, but the problem here is that the design is to a development
> card. It has not been assigned a VID/PID and neither will it. I dont think
> we should clutter the kernel with such drivers, do we?

Hasn't stopped us in the past :)

> Anyway, my question was focused on depmod and kernel module version system
> and not the driver itself.

True, hence my message started with "A bit off-topic..."

thanks,

greg k-h