Re: IPWireless 3G PCMCIA Network Driver and GPL

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Jun 27 2006 - 05:13:54 EST


Hi!

> >I have had a look at the changes to the 2.6.1{6,7} kernel to do with
> >the buffering and I think that this driver will benefit greatly from
> >the changes away from the flip/flop scheme.
> >
> >When Steve and I originally wrote the driver it always seemed to be
> >limited throughput wise, due to the inefficient char handling it did.
> >
> >Good luck in the 'hacking it for 2.6.1{6,7} department' let me know if
> >I can help at all :)
> >
> >BTW: Can someone tell me the version that you are changing - I may
> >have a later version that fixes a problem with the V2 PCMCIA cards
> >from IPWireless/T-Mobile.
> >
>
> I have version 1.0.1 - 28 Mar 2004, working with the 2.6.15 kernel, with
> some minor changes I made.

Can you post it somewhere? Radek was trying to make it work with
2.6.16...
Pavel
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