> >Dear Johan, I am sorry to hear that you will no longer be maintaining the >speedtouch driver. It may have been your > >first linux kernel driver, and it may have had a few bugs, but it has done good >service to me and others. I am willing > >to try and maintain the driver. While I don't have the competance of many on this >list, I do actually have the modem and > >an adsl line, which is a big advantage. > > > It is. If the current linux-usb delepment core agrees, you are hereby > the new maintainer.
Thanks for your vote of confidence! > The only source of bugs I think you will find are in usb and atm > interface compliance. It was always a bit of guess work. > As was the recently fixed thread code which came from one of the hub > driver incarnations IIRC. OK. > >It would be very helpful to have the specs though. I hear that Thomson > >multimedia bought Alcatel's modem branch. Do you have any contacts there? What do >you think the chances are of > >having the specs released? There is also the little question of that closed source >program that keeps up the connection. > >Any chance of getting hold of the source code? Finally, would it be possible to >get write access to your web page > >http://linux-usb.sourceforge.net/SpeedTouch/ ? > > > > > Ah. The hard questions... The email addresses I have are all from the > alcatel era, but I still know a few people over there. I will ask around > and let you know. I have no idea about their willingness to release the > code and specs now. They weren't prepared to do that 3-4 years ago (the > driver was not released for almost a year while I tried to get permission). Do you remember what the main objections were? > If not, I advise you to use the modem_run program from the alternative > driver as a basis for a new daemon. It should work well enough. I will start once I get back from Australia, i.e. in about a weeks time. I may be somewhat quiet until then since I don't have much internet access over here. > I will change the permission on the directory and files asap. Great! All the best, Duncan. ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
