From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752792AbYI2GvR (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:51:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750963AbYI2GvG (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:51:06 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.66]:43663 "EHLO elasmtp-spurfowl.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750801AbYI2GvG (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:51:06 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=teleport.com; b=WsPXhdhofHw8E5u80ayAOD7JxoKf1xzPXHve1elqboqK5OBROfVz5T7ytH0c6QHw; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Message-ID: <31134782.1222671063829.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:51:03 -0700 (GMT-07:00) From: Alan Young Reply-To: Alan Young To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg KH Subject: Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 X-ELNK-Trace: d1a1f54f9acf59c5c1b8efd72c01d9e49001757d58ee4b9d8a5bc6fb3a131f0b3514e6857a044e10350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.41 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 at 05:10:07 +0200, Greg KH wrote: > What kernel modules do you currently use/rely on that are not in the > main kernel tree? Do you have links to them? I'd be glad to add them. I still use the ES56-PI modem driver @ http://tx.technion.ac.il/~raindel. It has a 2.6 port up to 2.6.24, but it's not more current than that due to serial/tty interface changes. And there's a challenge that it uses a binary blob. :-( Best case would be to see if the vendor could open up like Atheros (Thanks! Yea!) did. If not, I wonder if the blob could be minimalized to the bare modem functions and the serial interfaces be brought out into open code. Alan