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Re: [cbm4linux-users] Hi

[Michael K. <mic...@pu...>]

On Wed, 1 May 2002 ke...@fr... wrote:

> it looks like the cbm4linux-0.3.0 is released in GPL
> by adding
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> under the MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Serial CBM bus driver module");
> the kernel stop complaining about the "no license"

Ok, must be some "RedHat-extension", since it doesn't seem to happen
with kernels from ftp.kernel.org.

> Years ago I create my 1541 cable is there a test program to
> find out what kind of cable i made?

Have a look at http://sta.c64.org/xcables.html.

Given the age of the cable it might be X1541 or XE1541, but surely no
XM1541 or even XA1541.

If your cable contains diodes it's most likely a XE1541, so you'll only
have to swap to pins to get it working with cbm4linux. If it doesn't
contain any electronic parts (X1541) I'd go for a new cable.

Have fun,

-- 
Michael

registered linux user #189917  --  http://counter.li.org/

[cbm4linux-users] Hi

[<ke...@fr...>]

Hi,

I am very "fresh" to the list
don't much know much about kernel drivers
know c/c++

I am trying to get the cbm4linux working
just send a small mail to de "main" developer
anything I can do?

BTW when i try to load the cbm module i get a message:
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.9-31/kernel/drivers/char/cbm.o will 
taint the kernel: no license

it looks like the cbm4linux-0.3.0 is released in GPL
by adding 
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
under the MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Serial CBM bus driver module");
the kernel stop complaining about the "no license"


Years ago I create my 1541 cable is there a test program to 
find out what kind of cable i made?

bye..
 

-- 
Kees Jongenburger.
Perfection is achieved not when you have nothing more to add, 
but when you have nothing left to take away. 
 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

[cbm4linux-users] cbm4linux-0.3.0 pre-release

[Michael K. <mic...@pu...>]

Hi list,

not much going on here, huh?

Anyway, it's almost a year now since 0.2.5 and 0.3.0 took already much
too long.

http://www.lb.shuttle.de/puffin/cbm4linux/cbm4linux-0.3.0-pre2.tar.gz

Major changes since 0.2.x are:

* The driver can use the Linux parport subsystem now. It'a compile-time
  option in config.make, default is parport subsystem.
  If you intend to use it instead of direct port access you'll have to
  adjust the cbm.o and maybe the parport_pc.o parameters in
  /etc/modules.conf. See README for details.

* libcbm4linux.a is obsoleted by libopencbm.so. Shared libraries are
  good. The renaming was due to the work-in-progress NT port (nah, not
  me ;-)), so the API isn't Linux-specific any more.

* The d64copy transfer routines have been moved to libopencbm.so to
  promote front-end development.

* Fast file transfer has been added (cbmcopy). The 1541/1571 drive
  routines are again based on the Commander routines. Most of the
  transfer code is contained in libopencbm.so, hacking up a front-end is
  as easy as it can be.

* There's a funky little Perl interface now. Perl gurus are encouraged
  to send improvements. (Highly experimental)


Everyone's invited to do some testing. I'll release it "officially" in a
few days if everything looks ok.

Happy 1541ing :-)

-- 
Michael

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[cbm4linux-users] So...

[Colin G. <rda...@ho...>]

...so, am I the first poster? Do I win something? :P