Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:10:27 +0200 (CEST) | From | <> | Subject | Re: Backporting drivers from 2.4 to 2.2 |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Torrey Hoffman wrote:
> > Is there a document somewhere that has some hints and tips for > backporting 2.4 drivers to the 2.2 series? I have the O'Reilly > Linux Device Drivers (second edition) book by Rubini and Corbet, > but it's a little thin on this problem. > > Specifically, the new 2.4 PCI-related functions like: > pci_alloc_consistent, pci_free_consistent, pci_enable_device... > > >From this newbie's point of view, it seems that it would be really > nice to have a little library of functions that wrap the older 2.2 > style interface to provide the 2.4-style functions... or is this > impossible to do in a general way?
Have a look at:
http://gtf.org/garzik/drivers/kcompat24/
Rui Sousa
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