Hi, On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 03:22:07PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote: > On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:11:30PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote: > > Hello > > > > I have seen on the list that there was a previous interest on giving > > support for this chipset. Is anyone currently working on it? > > > > Apparently the chip can be configured in "legacy mode" being register > > compatible with the net2280 chipset. Has this been tested? > > > > The driver from the manufacturer explicitly mentions LGPLv2 and GPL, > > so I guess they can be used for inspiration. > > > > We use the PLX USB3380 here with the driver from the manufacturer. Their > drivers are tested for a specific kernel but its not too hard to compile > them using the latest kernels. We have got them to work in 3.13 with > some changes in the module cleanup to keep it from crashing. > > Regarding functionality, it works as expected. if original driver is GPL, how about sending it for inclusion in mainline ? If anybody wants to sponsor one USB3380 for my testing, I'd be very thankful too as that'll help me make sure things get tested before going upstream. BTW, do you use the one with a single port or the one with 2 ports ? cheers -- balbi
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