Bela>> HP, please offer your changes for Corey's examination;
Bela>>   Corey, please consider them for inclusion.

Corey> Yes, please send them.  It doesn't do anyone any good to have two
Corey> drivers floating around.  I'll certainly consider the changes
Corey> (especially stability fixes).

Thank you, sir...

Bela>> My own need is for a Linux 2.4 version of a merged driver, and I know
that's
Bela>> unlikely even if a merge happens at the 2.6 level.  I wish to speak in
Bela>> support of any merging that might happen, whether or not a 2.4 merge
happens.
Bela>> (Yet I also greatly encourage the 2.4 merge ;-)

Corey> I need to move the v39.1 changes that make sense to 2.4, so this is a
Corey> good time to talk about it.

Well, I'm pleased to hear there's even anything to talk about...

Corey> I had previously abandoned the 2.4 driver, but apparently there is
still
Corey> some demand for it so it is now back under maintenance.  It has been
Corey> rejected from the 2.4 kernel proper, though, so it will always be a
patch.

Understood.  Though I wonder about the circumstances of that rejection: is
2.4 general maintenance now so moribund?  Or have the core maintainers also
realized that residual demand for a "finished product" ongoing 2.4 kernel
remains?

>Bela<

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