Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261838AbVCKXkk (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:40:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261877AbVCKXTv (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:19:51 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:22533 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261798AbVCKXDS (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:03:18 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:03:12 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Luca Risolia Cc: linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: status of the USB w9968cf.c driver in kernel 2.6? Message-ID: <20050311230312.GR3723@stusta.de> References: <20050228231430.GW4021@stusta.de> <1109699163.4224aa5b1e4dc@posta.studio.unibo.it> <20050303152908.GC4608@stusta.de> <1109930313.42283149b4ae6@posta.studio.unibo.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1109930313.42283149b4ae6@posta.studio.unibo.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1429 Lines: 43 On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 10:58:33AM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote: > Scrive Adrian Bunk : > > > On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 06:46:03PM +0100, Luca Risolia wrote: > > > Scrive Adrian Bunk : >... > > > > - there's no w9968cf-vpp module in the kernel sources > > > > > > w9968cf-vpp is an optional, gpl'ed module, which can not be included in the > > > > > mainline kernel, as I explained in the documentation of the driver. > > > > Please keep in mind that official kernels do not include the second > > module for performance purposes. > > > > What exactly does this mean? > > Frame decoding/decompression should be done in userspace, although you can > still download and use a separate kernel module. >... If it's deprecated to do this in a kernel module, shouldn't at some time the EXPORT_SYMBOL's for the decoding/decompression module be removed from the kernel? > Regards, > Luca cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/