linuxppc tree with uusbd

[Tom Rini]

On Wed, 12 May 1999, Derek Moeller wrote:

> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Tom Rini wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Derek Moeller wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Ben Martz wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Does anyone maintain a linuxppc tree that includes the uusbd package? I
> > > > would like to get 2.2.7+ up and running on my iMac but obviously the old
> > > > 2.2.0 uusbd patches can't be applied to the vger tree anymore (as an
> > > > exercise in futility I tried!). CVS or ftp would be just fine.
> > > 
> > > I can get you as close as 2.2.6, I couldn't patch it beyond that (patches
> > > started failing). That's what I'm running right now. I'd like to see if
> > > you can patch it further. I don't have it up yet, but I'll put it up maybe
> > > today/tomorrow at my site (it'll be under /moeller/linux when it does get
> > > up there).
> > 
> > To get to 2.2.7/8 just back out changes from 2.2.7 for Linus' USB stack.
> > All in all, getting the new stack working is much more important then
> > putting the old one in. (in the long run anyhow.)
> 
> Isn't OHCI support really shaky for the new stack though? I know they've
> got UHCI support down pretty well, but I don't know how the iMac would
> fare with the current new stack drivers.

Shaky to not working.  Hence we need to get it working. (Nothing too great
has changed in 2.2.7/2.2.8 (if you've been using 2.2.6-vger).  And you can
unpatch parts of 2.2.7 to remove usb support and put back in uusbd support
if you really need it.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
http://dobbstown.yeti.edu/


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