Messages in this thread | | | From | "John G. Heim" <> | Subject | Re: speakup bug | Date | Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:01:07 -0600 |
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From: Alan Cox Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 11:39 AM >> Can anyone tell me how to fix this so it can be patched in the official >> kernel code? > >The proper fix is to make the drivers work via the serial layer properly.
Well, I am not the worlds greatest C programmer but many years ago I wrote unix device drivers for a living. Could a reasonably competent person have a chance of fixing that?
> The speakup people have been told this repeatedly for years and years > which is why their drivers work on less and less systems and won't run > with things PCI or USB serial ports, and why they are forever buried in > staging.
Do you recall if they gave a reason for not wanting to use the serial layer? I don't even know what the serial layer is (although the name is descriptive enough and I can guess).But I would think they'd have had some reason for not wanting to do that.
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