[hpoj-devel] Re:[Patch v2] hpoj now running with 2.4 kernel

[damcha <da...@cy...>]

Here is the patch which includes both Burkhard's and mine.
It now compile on 2.4.0-test9. Please report comments in the ML.


On dim, 24 sep 2000 17:12:18 Burkhard Kohl wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> this patch is intended to make hpoj run under 2.4 kernel versions.
> It removes a bug from the mlc_sendmsg call in ieee12844.c module,
> which prevented a successfull write to the hpoj device,
> fixes the layout of the mlc_proto_ops structure in ieee12844pp,
> replaces the start/end_bh_atomic primitives to allow for use of 
> their 2.4 counterparts and sets the __SMP__ define depending 
> on the setting in /usr/include/linux/config.h so it is in alingment
> with the kernel configuration in /usr/src/linux. 
> 
> I you want to force an particular __SMP__ setting independantly
> of any kernel configuration, you have to edit the Makefile
> in ieee hpoj-0.6/ieee12844 and uncomment on of the FORCE_SMP
> line at top of the file.
> 
> I'd like to ask everybody with a 2.4 kernel to test this code and
> report succes or failure to this list.
> 
> Burkhard

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