* Help Updating Device Drivers
@ 2018-03-14 20:28 Brian McGrew
2018-03-15 0:11 ` okaya
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From: Brian McGrew @ 2018-03-14 20:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-pci
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* Re: Help Updating Device Drivers
2018-03-14 20:28 Help Updating Device Drivers Brian McGrew
@ 2018-03-15 0:11 ` okaya
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: okaya @ 2018-03-15 0:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brian McGrew; +Cc: linux-pci, linux-pci-owner
On 2018-03-14 16:28, Brian McGrew wrote:
> Hello...
>
> Would this be the correct list to seek help in updating an old device
> driver? I have a vendor provided device driver for a piece of PCIe
> hardware that compiles and runs in kernel-3.14 but is outdated for the
> newer kernel-4.1X series. I’m not a kernel developer and haven’t done
> any real kernel work since the 2.4/2.6 days and am totally lost while
> undressing pressure to make it work ASAP. Can I post code excepts and
> get help here, or is there a better mailing list?
Google is your friend. Search for each compilation failure in mailing
lists.
There are too many changes. You will have to deal with each one.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -brian
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