Yes I'll give it a try, I haven't done a kernel compile since the early 2.4 series but it shouldn't be too different.
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 08:30:47AM -0800, Warren Lewis wrote: > > Thanks Greg, > > > > I've sent a request for info or source for the Windoze drivers to Navman, > > hopefully they will release it. > > You really do not want the source for the windows driver, trust me :) > > Just a simple protocol spec is all that is needed, it should be only a > few pages, and will be much easier to handle than a whole Windows > driver... > > > I also did a lot of searching last night and found a message that > > someone had it working under Freebsd so their drivers might be a clue. > > That's a very good sign. If you can find a pointer to the code that > gets it to work under Freebsd, please let me know and I can work with > that. Linux and the bsds share protocol information like this all the > time. > > > Also it looks like the GPS has no outbound endpoint, I think it just > > sends data as soon as it is plugged in with no need for commands to be > > sent to it. I'm guessing it could be polled like a mouse would be. > > the output is NMEA standard (ascii text). > > Hm, ok, that may make it even simpler. If I knock up a driver for the > latest 2.6.x kernel, can you apply a patch and test it out? > > thanks, > > greg k-h > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
