[iPAQ] RE: [BK PATCH] USB device support for 2.5.8

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Benard / FREE [mailto:ebenard@free.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:47 AM
> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk
> Cc: ipaq@handhelds.org; familiar@handhelds.org;
> qpe-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [BK PATCH] USB device support for 2.5.8
>
>
> talking about the new usb driver submited to 2.5.8 kernel source tree,
> Stuart Lynne wrote:
> > In article <1018999655.3437@whiskey.enposte.net>,
> > The network function is compatible with a commercial Windows driver
> > available from MCCI. This is important because few commercial products
> > will ship without a compatible Windows driver being available.
> >
>
> does this mean Linux kernel tree must be adapted to
> commercial drivers for Windows ?
>
>
> Shouldn't that be the windows drivers to be adapted to existing Linux
> drivers which seems to work fine (at least with a Linux host) ?

If we can't find someone to write a Windows host driver that works with the Linux peripheral driver, then maybe we'll have more sucess finding someone to make a Linux driver that works with an existing Windows driver. Better yet would be to make one that works with a standard USB class driver CDC Ethernet, iirc.

> More general question (that's why I include handhelds.org & qpe-devel
> mailing lists) : is a Windows driver for actual usb-eth driver of any
> interest for linux-arm community ?

This would definitely be of interest.

Jamey
Received on Wed Apr 17 12:54:30 2002