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On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 09:45:21PM +0200, Eric Noack wrote: |
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> Hmm |
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> I agree that extra useflags arent such a good idea ;) |
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> Since the "Configure" of pcmcia-cs is not autogenerated but handmade, and |
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> the kernel configuration is allready read there, the hisax support of the interesting cards should |
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> be easy to check, so the ebuild will only do an extra patch. |
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> So my original question has been answered by the code already :) |
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good point. We can just add another fun sed line based on the |
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success/failure of the test on the kernel config. |
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> However its the question if it would be better to provide a patch "with" the sources of |
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> these *_cs.c pcmcia client drivers, that could break with the hisax part of the driver, |
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> or copy the kernel _cs.c files of this clients, which could possibly break with the pcmcia part. |
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> I personally would prefer trying to copy & compile the sources from the kernel dir, to fit against |
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> latest patches to the isdn and HiSax subsystem. |
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yeah. i agree now that i think more on it. |
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> I dont think the pcmcia system in the 2.4 kernel would be changed to a level where |
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> a _cs.c file from the kernel wouldnt compile with the pcmcia_cs pcmcia sub-system anymore, |
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> since that would affect the cardmgr and such, which comes always with pcmcia-cs |
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> and would have to comply with kernel-pcmcia in that case, too. |
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> It is theoretically possible, but a change to the isdn system or comunication between the |
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> hisax part and the _cs part of the same card driver is more likely, and would break _cs parts |
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> supplied by a patch to pcmcia_cs directly. |
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yeah. i thought of that right after i sent the email. Make up a version |
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of the ebuild copying over from /usr/src/linux, and lets see how well |
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that works out. |
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> The alternative would be to provide almost the whole isdn or at least hisax support with |
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> pcmcia-cs like its done with WLAN card support. |
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> but since only 3 of the about 2 dozen ISDN cards supported by HiSax are PCMCIAs, |
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> this wouldnt be such a good idea i think. |
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i agree; i think this would would be extra work, and a waste of time for people |
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when it's a small enough thing just to include in the pcmcia-cs ebuild. |
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Peter Johanson |
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