[TriLUG] 2.4 kernel modules on 2.6

Jeremy Portzer jeremyp at pobox.com
Wed Feb 4 09:39:22 EST 2004


According to a presentation I saw on 2.6, the module and hardware
interfaces have changed somewhat, so all drivers will require porting. 
However the differences probably won't be substantial for your small
driver.  I googled some for more information right now but wasn't
successful, but as 2.6 becomes more mainstream I'm sure this info will
be out there.

--Jeremy

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 09:31, Ed Anderson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Do all third party kernel modules from 2.4 need to be ported to 2.6, or 
> do some still work?
> I have a small parallel port dancepad module, only about 400 lines of 
> code, and was wondering if it might work on 2.6 without porting it.
> Have any other 2.4 kernel modules been known to work in 2.6?
> 
> Ed
> Nilbus
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