On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Linux Lists wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Jordan Mendelson wrote:
> >
> > Just wanted to note that the Cyclades driver included in 2.0.33 (and not
> > changed by 2.0.34 is a nasty version which won't work with newer versions
> > of GCC. I know 2.8.x isn't supported and all, but there are some actual
> > bugfixes in the new 2.0.x series cyclades drivers.
>
> Hi, Jordan,
>
> Actually, the driver included in the kernels 2.0.x (1.36.3.9) does not
> compile even in GCC 2.7.2.2 (well, actually it compiles, but it does not
> work well - due to compiler optimization ...). The latest driver
> (2.1.1.3a), which is available at our FTP site, compiles and works fine.
We're using version 1.36.3.9 (compiled with 2.7.2.1) and it works without
any problem since many months:
<4>Cyclom driver $Revision: 1.36.3.9 $$Date: 1996/10/07 19:47:13 $
<4>Cyclom-Y/ISA #1: 0xc0000-0xc1fff, IRQ9, 8 channels starting from port 0.
The only thing I need to change is to add the address:
static unsigned char *cy_isa_addresses[] = {
(unsigned char *) 0xC0000,
for some reason (which?) these have vanished some time ago (only addresses
starting at 0xd000 are included in kernel 2.0.x).
> We've tried to submit the new driver (a while ago) to the kernel 2.0, but
> since the new driver also includes support to the Cyclades-Z cards (which
> is not available in the previous driver), it was considered a new feature
> (not just a bugfix - which is true) and we could not submit it. It's
> already included in the 2.1 kernel tree (with the applicable porting
> changes) and, thus, will be available in the 2.2 kernels.
>
> > I think the updated driver is @
> >
> > ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades/cyclom-y/linux/v2.0
>
> Yep, that's right.
>
> If it's ok for Linus, I'd be more than happy to have the latest driver
> version available in the standard kernel tree.
>
> Regards,
> Ivan Passos
Hubert
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