[TriLUG] 2.4 kernel modules on 2.6

[Ed Anderson]

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
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