>>> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> As you all know the hsflinmodem packages are non-free and crippled to >>>> 14.4 kbps. Has anybody ported the hsflinmodem-5.03.27 (the latest free >>>> versions) to work for kernels 2.6.x?? In case not, the removal of >>>> kernels 2.4.x is a very BAD idea.... I'm using 2.4.x only for the >>>> modem >>>> support when on dial-up connections. The computer is a laptop so the >>>> HW >>>> is not easily changed. Please...
Can a bug report againts kernels 2.4.x raise the importance of this question? What do you think, no replies obtained about this issue so far. Posting to debian-devel? ... > After Googling for some hours I have found that many other Linux > distributions do supply the hsflinmodem-5.03.27 kernel modules to their > customers but obviously not Debian. Any reason for this? > > However, these modules do only work with kernels 2.4.x :-( Is it > impossible to port the drivers from 5.03.27 to kernels 2.6.x? Have anybody > tried? Is porting to 2.6 impossible, which are the differences between the kernels? I can try, but want to know if there is a chance to succeed! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
