On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 10:45:27PM -0400, Brian K. White wrote:
On 8/1/2013 10:33 AM, Greg KH wrote:
On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 03:11:43PM +0100, Andrew Wafaa wrote:
Aloha,
I need to build an out of tree, closed, kernel driver and there is a kernel on OBS that fits my target. How to I create a configured source tree from that project so that I can build the driver?
Heh, you are on your own here, and you deserve all the pain and suffering you will get :)
Actually, shouldn't you be asking the company who gave you that driver as to how to build it?
Spoken like someone who hasn't had to pay $9,000 each for T1-PRI faxmodem cards from a company that no longer exists.
No, it's spoken like someone who has ensured that contracts for hardware have language in them that ensure the source for the drivers is open, because I want the hardware to work for a long amount of time.
It's not always video cards, and sometimes an old piece of hardware is not obsolete just because it's 5 or 6 years old because, for instance this example, the phone company and the fax protocol has not changed.
I never said it was video cards only, I deal with people every week who are struggling with closed source drivers, and the hell that they cause, and the money that they waste. good luck with your faxmodem hardware. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org