Re: Missing Edgeport USB driver in recent kernels
On 2008-07-10 03:41 +0200, Don wrote:
> I hope someone can shed some light on my situation...assistance will
> be greatly appreciated. Nice to see a lot of helpful old timers still
> on this discussion list -- your help in the past has been appreciated.
>
> I recently reinstalled Debian Lenny on my computer (long story, don't
> ask) and in the process updated the kernel (previously 2.6.18) to
> 2.6.22. I discovered last week that my Edgeport/8 USB to RS232 box no
> longer works under Debian (but still works under Win2k).
> Investigating, I found the io_edgeport.ko driver missing from 2.6.22
> and even 2.6.25-2-686 on the Debian package web pages. It apparently
> appeared last in kernel 2.6.18.
>
> Why was this driver left out from the newer kernels?
I don't know. FWIW, it is still compiled into the Itanium kernels:
http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=io_edgeport.ko&mode=path&suite=unstable&arch=any
> I do find the source files for io_edgeport.c and io_edgeport.h under
> the /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/ directory.
>
> uname -a output:
> Linux kali 2.6.22-3-686 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 20:20:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Is my best bet to try to recompile the kernel to include this driver?
In the short term, yes. But please also submit a bugreport in the BTS
about the situation.
Sven
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