linux-kernel - RE: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload

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Message-ID: <B1F576FE19C55C43B8D2E31F061B50C062C3EF@exchange.comtrol.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:48:39 -0500
From:	"Nick Thompson" <Nick.Thompson@...trol.com>
To:	"Jiri Slaby" <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jiri Slaby [mailto:jirislaby@...il.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 2:35 PM
>To: Nick Thompson
>Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: RocketPort Linux driver errors on module reload
>
>
>On 10/17/2007 07:06 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
>> I've been wanting to get the driver that is included in the kernel up to date, and there >>is an active project here at comtrol to get the current code (driver version 3.08 beta) up >>to Linux kernel programming standards. The driver version that is included in the kernel     >>(and has been patched a bit I'm sure since it's been in there a while)is version 2.09. The >>latest version (3.08 beta) can be obtained from: 
>
>the easiest way is to get diff -u 2.09 3.08 and port it by hand, at least I
>ususally do it this way.
>
>> ftp://ftp.comtrol.com/beta/rport/drivers/u_pci/linux/rocketport-linux-3.08.tar.gz
>> 
>> If anyone has any helpful pointers (no pun intended) or comments on the code, I'd love to >>listen. 
>
>Convert to pci probing and in-kernel firmware loading :). The code is big mess
>due to ifdefs and much unneeded material, it's likely impossible to say this is
>wrong and this not, if you won't post a patch, where people will see the changes
>you want to make. Then you will have feedback :).
>
>regards,
>-- 
>Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@...il.com)
>Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University

Jiri,
 Thanks a lot for the feedback, it's very much appreciated. Like I said, there is an active project here at Comtrol to get 3.08 beta up to Linux kernel coding standards, once that gets somewhere near done, a patch will be forthcoming.

Thanks for taking the time to write.

Regards,

Nick

Nick Thompson
Technical Support Specialist nick.thompson@...trol.com
Comtrol Corporation ftp://ftp.comtrol.com
6655 Wedgwood Rd. Ste 120 http://www.comtrol.com
Maple Grove, MN. 55311 Sales: (800)GO-ROCKET
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