From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
eng.linux@digi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] Remove support for the orphaned, obsolete Digi EPCA driver.
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:15:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070702151534.2728ae63@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707020945290.18113@localhost.localdomain>
> > > This driver requires a number of user-space tools. They can be acquired from
> > > http://www.digi.com, but only works with 2.4 kernels."
> >
> > So fix them or merge the newer digi drivers first.
>
> ok, but what then does it mean to read that this driver:
>
> 1) *requires* a number of user-space tools, and
> 2) these tools don't work with the 2.6 kernel?
Last time I poked at the tools they were working under 2.6 with some
trivial compile fixes. Ideally this driver would be trimmed to ISA only
and the newer dgrs drivers merged but latter half appears to be something
digi have no interest in
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-02 14:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-02 13:14 Robert P. J. Day
2007-07-02 13:46 ` Alan Cox
2007-07-02 13:48 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-07-02 14:15 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2007-07-02 14:20 ` Robert P. J. Day
2007-07-02 14:56 ` Kilau, Scott
2007-07-02 15:05 ` Alan Cox
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20070702151534.2728ae63@the-village.bc.nu \
--to=alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk \
--cc=eng.linux@digi.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=rpjday@mindspring.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®