Re: [Xbox-linux] Stupid noob question: where can I get old messages from this list in raw format?

[Ronald C.F. A. <rc...@cu...>]

On 27 Feb 2007, at 10:43, Matthew A. Nicholson wrote:

> Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to apply the xpad.c patch posted on this list back in 5  
>> October 2006 by Matt.
>> All the list archives seem to be web based, and I can't download a  
>> raw patch file (or copy/paste in a useful way) the patch as  
>> displayed by the various web interfaces and web archives of the list.
>> Also, why isn't a patch like this reflected in the current source  
>> or available on the files list on sourceforge.
>> I'm currently in the process of trying to get a 2.6.21-rc1 kernel  
>> running (2.6.20.1 is already working), but getting all the latest  
>> patches into the code is a major PITA because they are not  
>> collected in a central location from what I can tell.
>> Any hints/help appreciated.
>> Ronald
>
> My patch only has stuff for the Xbox360 controller.  I can update  
> it if you need to use it.

Thanks for the offer. *RIGHT NOW* I don't need the Xbox 360  
controller. So for myself it's not much of an issue, particularly  
since I'm not a game player, but I hope to make my 2.6.20.1 patches  
available once things work smoothly, so others can use it, too.

So the issue is much more how to get a definitive version of that  
code, particularly since the xpad driver is also in the standard  
Linux kernel distribution, so changes really should be pushed  
upstream. The less patches we need to do an xbox kernel, and the more  
we can push into the regular kernel sources, the better.

Maybe if you have the time, you could compare the state of affairs in  
the 2.6.20.1 source tree, and what's on the xbox-linux sourceforge  
site, add whatever may be missing from your patches and the xbox- 
linux version into the official version, and propagate it to the  
kernel maintainers. That way we can then hopefully just get  
completely rid of a separately maintained xpad driver.

Greetings,

Ronald