Intel 536ep and Linux 2.6.x

CatSC · 02-07-2004, 03:38 PM

Hello!
I have modem which is based on Intel 536ep chipset. It comes with it's own drivers for
Linux. I can compile and make them work for 2.4.x kernels, but now I want to migrate to
2.6. 2.6 can't use modules compiled for 2.4 and I get error when I try to compile modules
for it. Is there anything I can do to make this modem work under 2.6?
Thanks

watashiwaotaku7 · 02-07-2004, 05:42 PM

most likely no, at least not those specific drivers, you will need to find new ones to use in 2.6 try a google search or keep going to the vendor website once a week or so to see if they make a 2.6 driver, until then you stuck with 2.4 or 2.6 without a modem btw 2.6 is awesome, well worth the effort of searching for your driver hopefully some nice coder has made one for 2.6

CatSC · 02-07-2004, 07:02 PM

I wonder if I should try doing it myself. I have couple of years of experience in C++.
Does anyone knows what's the difference between modules for 2.4 and 2.6?

watashiwaotaku7 · 02-08-2004, 04:29 PM

the kernel itself is written in C and since im not a programmer i dont know how much good c++ experience will do for you but probably enough that you can do it, i dont know about the differences between modules for 2.6 and 2.4 but lkml.org would probably be your best reference and for a module that should be relatively unchanged in moving between 2.4 and 2.6 you could look at and compare the two drivers at www.cs.umass.edu/~cochran