Bug#315110: kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686: irda driver smsc-ircc2 under kernel-image-2.6.8 doesn't seem to work.

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 11:40:11AM +0200, Eric Lavarde wrote:
> Hi
> 
> >Are you sure?
> Not anymore :-/
> >
> >the 2.6.12-5.99 packages in
> >http://packages.vergenet.net/testing/linux-2.6/
> >should be complied with gcc-3
> >
> Yep, I don't know what happened: I tried to compile the vmware modules 
> and vmware-config.pl told me the kernel was compiled with gcc 4.0.2.
> I retried yesterday and it went well!?! (my chance I remained polite...)

Thanks for checking. For the record, those kernels should be compiled
with Sarge's gcc-3, and to the best of my knowledge they are.

> >That indicates that the bug still hasn't been addressed upstream,
> >and probably that there are no patches floating around.
> >I would suggest contacting the upstream driver maintainer to see if they
> >have any ideas.
> >
> OK, I'll have a try.

Thanks, sorry to give your the run around checking 2.6, 
but its often a good shortcut to getting problems solved,
if only to isolate backport potentials. Unfortunately,
that wasn't the case this time around.

-- 
Horms