Re: LDP and comedi

From: Bernd Porr <BerndPorr_at_f2s.com> · Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:06:31 +0100

Hi Folks,

I think it's a good idea because this romoves the main obstacle just now 
for many not so experienced users: compiling kernel modules. And distros 
such as Debian and Ubuntu have been lacking comedi kernel modules for 
quite a while. A while ago I had integrated comedi into the early 2.6.x 
kernels. I might find the sed script somewhere which converted the 
comedi drivers on the fly to fit into the kernel.

/Bernd

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Tabish Mustufa wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> The folks over at the Linux Driver Project (led by Greg K-H) are
> interested in pulling the comedi project into the mainline Linux
> kernel.  Is there general interest among the comedi developers in
> doing this?
> 
> From what I can tell, the main sticking points would be:
> 
> 1. Support for a wide range of kernel versions.  I don't imagine that
> this is a big deal for 2.6.x, but are there a lot of people still
> using comedi with 2.4.x?
> 
> 2. Tight integration with RTAI (does RTLinux still work?).  I know
> that this has been an important feature in my work with comedi...
> 
> It sounds like there is some enthusiasm on the part of the LDP folks
> for this.  I don't know that I'd have enough time to help out very
> much, but seeing as I was on both mailing lists, I thought I'd get the
> conversation started.
> 
> What do you guys think?
> 
> -Tabish Mustufa
> 
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