Re: Converting kernel modules from 2.4 to 2.6/Suggested new driver

[John Carlson]

--- Kenny Bentley <crash77a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> 
> >| Does anyone know if there is a detailed guide on
> how to convert kernel 
> >| modules for 2.4 kernels to modules for 2.6
> kernels?  I know very little 
> >
> >http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/
> >  
> >
> I haven't had a chance to look at it in detail yet,
> but I think that 
> should definitely cover it.  Thanks a lot.
> 
> >OSS is deprecated.  It needs an ALSA driver.
> >  
> >
> That's one reason they made it open-source.  They're
> hoping someone can 
> write an ALSA driver for it.
> 
> >You can recommend them for inclusion, but the
> developer or maintainer
> >of them needs to either submit them or at least
> approve their
> >submission for inclusion.
> >  
> >
> I'm not suggesting adding the drivers as they are
> now in the kernel.  
> I'm recommending taking those drivers, revising them
> to fix whatever 
> problems they had (including writing an ALSA driver
> for the sound card 
> driver), and releasing the revised modules.  Or
> would even that still 
> need the original developer's approval?
> 
> >How about posting their web locations (wherever you
> found them)
> >in case someone is interested..?
> >  
> >
> I think it was Linuxant (http://www.linuxant.com). 
> The links in a HOWTO 
> file on Conexant modems redirect to that.  I got
> them somewhere for 
> free, whereas Linuxant charges for a full version,
> but either I can't 
> remember where I got them from or the links I got
> them at redirect to 
> Linuxant.  And the documentation in the file doesn't
> list a Web site, 
> but it does mention a copyright by Conexant, but I'm
> unsure whether 
> that's for the driver itself or for the device. 
> Same deal with the 
> Riptide sound card driver.  That was from Linuxant,
> but they're not 
> posting that on their Web site any more, so I'm glad
> I got it when I 
> did.  The file name for the HSF modem driver is 
> "hsflinmodem-4.06.06.02.tar.bz2" and the one for the
> Riptide sound card 
> is "riptide-0.6lnxtbeta03122800.tar.bz2".  You might
> try doing a Web 
> search for those files.  Actually, I don't remember
> whether they were 
> originally compressed in .bz2 format or if they were
> compressed in .gz 
> format and I recompressed them in .bz2 format (as I
> did for a lot of 
> stuff), so make sure you try both extensions.

the address your looking for is
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/riptide/download.php
and
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/download.php

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