thanks for the additional info. Yes this is the right email list. Do you know what NSC chip the driver is for? We've been looking for NSC drivers for the SC1200/1400 and for the PC87365/66 (see our new drivers page). Jim do you have anything you can contribute to us? David Goodenough wrote: > On Tuesday 30 March 2004 19:52, Jean Delvare wrote: > >>FYI, Frodo isn't working on the Linux i2c stuff for a while. He simply >>forwarded your mail to us. We'll try to help. >> >> >>>I recently came across your i2c-nscacb.c module which I need to use >>>with a Microtik embedded board. I have version 26, dated 4/09/03, and >>>this is a 2.4 kernel version. >>> >>>I need to work with a 2.6 kernel, and if you have a later version. I >>>also need the lm87 chip module which I notice is also yours. >>>Alternatively if you do not have such a version, would you like the >>>version that I would then create in case anyone asks for the future? >>> >>>Is there any reason why these modules have not appeared in the regular >>>kernels? Do you need "user" support for such inclusion, I would be >>>happy to help if I can in any way. >> >>I never heard of the i2c-nscacb driver. Google doesn't provide much >>information. In any case that's not one of our drivers, so it's unlikely >>we can help. >> >>As for the lm87 driver, it hasn't been ported to Linux 2.6 yet. Porting >>chips represents much work, and we are doing our best with the help of >>various contributors, but still this is a rather slow process. You are >>the second person to ask for the lm87 driver, but nobody has volunteered >>to port it so far. If you want to give it a try, I recommend that you >>read Documentation/i2c/porting-clients and >>Documentation/i2c/sysfs-interface as found in the Linux 2.6.5-rc1 (and >>later) tree. It's definitely easier to port a drivers for which you have >>a chip to test on. > > > Thanks for your note. > > I am quite happy to try to get the lm87 driver to work, and I will send it > to you when I have done so. The Microtik (routerboard.com) boards use > both of these modules, and they found the i2c-nscacb module from > somewhere, and it contains the name James.Mundermaney at nsc.com > as the author in the header comments. Frodo's name however appears > as the MODULE_AUTHOR. > > I have a Microtik board (actually three of them) so I will test the > revised code when I have done. > > When doing the conversion, is this the best eMail address to ask questions > to or is there a list? > > I am a Debian user, and so currently I do not have 2.6.5 as they have not > packaged it yet. I am using 2.6.4. Could you email me the two files you > mentioned. > > Regards > > David > >
