Re: a question about a new kernel module
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 05:12:04PM +0200, Luca Arzeni wrote:
> Hi,
> please excuse me if I'm sending to you this request but I'm not sure of
> where should I pose this question, so feel free to point me to other targets
> if you think so.
>
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>
> I recently have bought an internal PCI modem WITH controller (not a
> winmodem). It's a robotics 2981 (chipser exar) and it's supported under
> linux from kernel 2.6.18 onward.
>
> According to the vendor, the kernel support for this controller is flawed,
> or not fully working, so the vendor release a module to make the modem work
> properly.
>
> The module is released as:
>
> EXAR Multiport Device Driver Ver 4.4 Installation Guide
> for Linux Kernel 2.6.18 (Tested with openSuse 10.2)
> Copyright (C) 2007, EXAR.
>
> All the drivers and utilities are published in form of source code under
> GNU General Public License in this version. Please refer to GNU General
> Public License announcement in each source code file for more detail.
>
> So it should be all compatible with the kernel policy.
>
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>
> Question is:
> may I contribute this module to you for including it into next kernel
> releases?
The correct path is to get the necessary changes accepted upstream. We
can then backport the necessary fixes into new kernel releases.
--
dann frazier
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