[ale] PCI kernel drivers and IO remapping

[Alex Carver]

On 4/5/2013 17:10, Jim Kinney wrote:
> So short of a new driver that works on the new kernel, you'll need to keep
> the old kernel. I've seen older scientific hardware hidden behind layers of
> firewalls just because an upgrade would ruin it's ability to use a multi-$K
> data capture card.
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> Welcome to the club!
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> you did recompile that module for the new kernel?

Yeah, the module was recompiled against the new kernel but it didn't work.


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> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:
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>> On 4/5/2013 16:17, Phil Turmel wrote:
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>>> On 04/05/2013 06:29 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
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>>>> No virtual machines for this particular system.  There's only one OS
>>>> running directly on the hardware, we're just at a loss why the remapping
>>>> isn't working properly in one kernel version and fine in another.
>>>>
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>>> Because that's a function for kernel modules to use--Linus doesn't
>>> believe in stable APIs for drivers.  They're supposed to be submitted to
>>> mainline, where they can be taken care of in public.
>>>
>>> Take a look in the kernel sources at "Documentation/stable_api_**
>>> nonsense.txt"
>>>
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>> Well, technically it's compiled as a module and installed using the normal
>> module tools.  The problem is that particular PCI card is proprietary and
>> so is the code so it's not something that can be released to the public.
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>> (Most of the public doesn't have this particular card, either.  At $20k a
>> pop, there aren't many of them).
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