Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762080AbXJQTss (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:48:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756542AbXJQTsl (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:48:41 -0400 Received: from exchange.comtrol.com ([204.73.219.163]:53052 "EHLO Exchange.comtrol.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755579AbXJQTsk convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:48:40 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Subject: RE: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:48:39 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <471663EE.6090602@gmail.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload Thread-Index: AcgQ9ONzah1paUmVREayCinp3MkaiQAAKrXQ From: "Nick Thompson" To: "Jiri Slaby" Cc: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2145 Lines: 47 >-----Original Message----- >From: Jiri Slaby [mailto:jirislaby@gmail.com] >Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:35 PM >To: Nick Thompson >Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >Subject: Re: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload > > >On 10/17/2007 07:06 PM, Nick Thompson wrote: >> I've been wanting to get the driver that is included in the kernel up to date, and there >>is an active project here at comtrol to get the current code (driver version 3.08 beta) up >>to Linux kernel programming standards. The driver version that is included in the kernel >>(and has been patched a bit I'm sure since it's been in there a while)is version 2.09. The >>latest version (3.08 beta) can be obtained from: > >the easiest way is to get diff -u 2.09 3.08 and port it by hand, at least I >ususally do it this way. > >> ftp://ftp.comtrol.com/beta/rport/drivers/u_pci/linux/rocketport-linux-3.08.tar.gz >> >> If anyone has any helpful pointers (no pun intended) or comments on the code, I'd love to >>listen. > >Convert to pci probing and in-kernel firmware loading :). The code is big mess >due to ifdefs and much unneeded material, it's likely impossible to say this is >wrong and this not, if you won't post a patch, where people will see the changes >you want to make. Then you will have feedback :). > >regards, >-- >Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@gmail.com) >Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University Jiri, Thanks a lot for the feedback, it's very much appreciated. Like I said, there is an active project here at Comtrol to get 3.08 beta up to Linux kernel coding standards, once that gets somewhere near done, a patch will be forthcoming. Thanks for taking the time to write. Regards, Nick Nick Thompson Technical Support Specialist nick.thompson@comtrol.com Comtrol Corporation ftp://ftp.comtrol.com 6655 Wedgwood Rd. Ste 120 http://www.comtrol.com Maple Grove, MN. 55311 Sales: (800)GO-ROCKET - 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/