Re: linux-image-2.6.15-6
On zo, 2006-02-12 at 13:58 +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
>
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Erik C.J. Laan wrote:
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> > Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> >
> > > And what is the missing NIC driver? Why did I not include it?
> >
> [snip]
> >
> > You did not include the NIC drivers (I have 2 NIC's in there) because at
> > least one (macsonic) does not compile. I think this is because of some
> > fixes Finn Thain has that have not been included or aren't yet
> > completely ready for inclusion.
>
> Yes. Macsonic doesn't compile because the DMA API is missing. The patch to
> provide it is Roman's work. Apparently it isn't quite ready for merging.
> Last time I tried the Sun3 kernel wouldn't compile with the DMA API patch.
Well, the new 53c700 driver (used for MVME16x, BVME6000 and several
Amiga SCSI controllers) needs the DMA API as well.
It would be very nice if it could be merged soon, so I can commit the
pending changes as well.
Kars.
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