[parisc-linux] Re: hwinfo_7.30-2: suggested patch

[Martin-Éric Racine]

Is any other work required beyond the patch you already submitted to the
maintainer?  If so, just how much is needed?  I have some time to spare.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Joel Soete wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Is there some interest to port this pkg on hppa?
> I think so but I haven't enough time to help more for the moment.
> 
> Please advise,
>     Joel
> 
> > -- Original Message --
> > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:14:31 +0200
> > From: Morten Werner Olsen <werner at skolelinux.no>
> > To: Joel Soete <soete.joel at tiscali.be>
> > Subject: Re: hwinfo_7.30-2: suggested patch
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 06:38:21PM +0200, Joel Soete wrote:
> 
> > > - where is the file modules.dep located? (I see hwinfo can't find
> > >   /lib/modules/2.6.6-rc1-pa0/modules.dep) or do you have a kernel
> > >   without module support?
> > 
> > As explain
> > it is just a draft because it is just a test of 2.6.6-rc1 and
> > I forget to install /lib/modules/2.6.6-rc1-pa0/modules.dep because the
> kernel
> > is well build with module support but for this platform (by default) all
> > drivers are buildin (again it 
> > s just testing)
> > 
> > That said, I well understood that it may need some more work to
> > improve support of hppa.
> > 
> > But may be can we put the question of actual interest to the parisc-linux.org
> > or better to debian-hppa ml? 
> > (I would like to
> > help you more (more test on different model,
> > different kernel 2.4, 2.6) but right now I don't have enough time to
> > do more, sorry)
> 
> If you think the hppa-community will use the hwinfo package and you'll
> help me make it work on the architecture,
> > I'll include your patch! :)
> 
> Just give me a sign, and I'll include it. I will not do it until next
> week, as I hope to get the package (v7.30-2) into Sarge when the
> 10days period is finished [1].
> 
> 
> - Werner
> 
> [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/h/
> > winfo.html
> 
> 
> 
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Martin-Éric Racine, ICT Consultant
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