On Nov 6, 2010 2:55pm, Florian Fainelli <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Ryan,
Le Saturday 6 November 2010 10:24:29, Ryan Raasch a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I have started developing on an old version of openwrt. The code has not
> been update in several years. So I wanted to upgrade the system.
>
> The architecture, however is a vitesse processor, which we have the
> 2.6.23 files/patches for (Following the preliminary update, i would like
> to upgrade these arch files for upstream). And it seems there is a
> binary they have given for their microcontroller which is compiled for
> the 2.6.23 kernel. Which means if we want to use this feature of the
> chip, we have to run the 2.6.23 kernel.
Out of curiosity, what is the binary blob doig? Cannot you somehow rewrite one
from scratch?
The kernel module is to enable the their hardware nat (Vitesse VSC75xx). Which btw, has anyone had any experience with this. That is, what is the actual speedup/benefit?
Or know of any updates, etc.? Thanks, Ryan
>
> My question would be about wrapping the old with the new. Since there
> are kernel modules build out of tree in openwrt and some .config script
> adaptions, are there any issues or considerations I need to take into
> consideration? I mean, are there modules or packages in openwrt I cannot
> build b/c of the old kernel?
First of all, most kernel modules that are available only with 2.6.23+, and
there might be quite a lot. Assuming that you keep generic 2.6.23 patches and
add back your target, you should be able to get some generic modules built
anyway.
--
Florian
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