Forgot Cc to ML... At Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:27:42 +1300, Eliot Blennerhassett wrote: > > Hi all, I'm sure you're aware of the recent offer by Greg K-H > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/487536 etc: > > "In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is > added to the main Linux kernel source tree" > > I think "Yeah - we want that!" > > So... how do we go about getting our driver out of alsa-devel and into > alsa-kernel and thence into the main Linux kernel source tree? > > As far as support from a hardware vendor goes, we have spent many hours > and will spend more developing our driver ourselves, and would be very > keen to work with whoever to get it into mainline kernels. The biggest problem of the current asihpi/hpk drivers is its coding style and structure. You have to follow the standard coding style. It includes the coe clean up (also reducing the non-linux part), too. This implies that the linux version would go to its own way and you'll very likely lose the API compatibility with your own version for Windows, Mac or whatever. Secondly, as suggested in Greg's original post, the datasheet is vital for the further development / maintenance. He mentioned about NDA, but of course the best is the publicly available datasheet. Anyway, we have already a working version with full sources released under GPL, so it's much better than other drivers. Takashi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
