Re: [2.6.7-rc1] BUG: ibmasm doesn't compile

[Greg KH]

On Tue, May 25, 2004 at 02:08:35PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Actually the ibmasm driver (driver->misc->ibmasm) hasn't compiled in 
> some versions. However, it will compile as a module, so at the expecse 
> of having all the stuff to do modules you can use it. Given the size of 
> the machines which use that hardware, that's hardly an issue ;-) But not 
> compiling built-in indicates a problem.

What are the build errors?

> Does anyone know if there will be a driver for the current hardware? The 
> one in 2.6.recent can see an RSA-I card, but doesn't seem to speak to 
> the RSA-II card, which is required for security.

The RSA-II card is controlled by a userspace program which uses libusb
to talk to the device.  No kernel driver is needed.

thanks,

greg k-h
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