Thanks, that answers my question. This should be fun Ed
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Mike M wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:39:22AM -0500, Jeremy Portzer wrote: > > > According to a presentation I saw on 2.6, the module and hardware > > interfaces have changed somewhat, so all drivers will require porting. > > <snip> > > > On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 09:31, Ed Anderson wrote: > > > > Do all third party kernel modules from 2.4 need to be ported to 2.6, or > > > do some still work? > <snip> > > I am reading through the monstrous Sangmona driver (which has been > around since 2.0 kernels). It's filled with #ifdef for 2.1 and 2.4. > I assume there will be new #ifdef for 2.6 based on your statement above > and what I see in the current driver. > > My copy of O'Reilly's "Linux Device Drivers" is copyrighted 1998. It > addresses the 2.0 kernel and has some references to 2.1. In reading the > Sangoma driver I see 2.4 related changes. The book is useful for > reading legacy drivers, but it's relevence to 2.6 is fading. > > (Note: There is a 2nd edition covering 2.4 with a copyright date of > 2001. $US39.00 > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive2/ > > ) > > Here's an article that googled on "linux 2.6 device driver changes" > http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/ > > My adoption of 2.6 has just been slowed. And I was _so_ looking forward > to having pre-emptable user space processes. > > -- > Mike > > Two hundred years ago, we note mischievously, the average American or > European had a standard of living not very much superior to that of the > average man in India or China. -- dailyreckoning.com > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
