Re: Patch for Linux on 64 Bit system.
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]> Wed, 26 May 2010 15:24:02 -0300
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Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > Hi Bernhard, > > Mauro is maintaining the kernel driver as part of the video4linux > project nowadays, so he can probably take care of that. Is that OK, > Mauro? Sure. Bernhard, Please submit the modified patch to [email protected]. > > Thanks, > Ronald > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Bernhard Praschinger > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hallo >> >> there was some talk about the Zoran driver on 64 Bit systems with more than >> 2GB of Ram last week. >> >> Klaus Stengel has posted a patch for 2.6.24 on the developer mailinglist. On >> the 19.Mai.2008 You find the patch here: >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=1211153754.25181.32.camel%40aquila.nathanet.lan >> >> I have applied the patch to a 2.6.27 Kernel I had on my system. I did need >> to change the patch a little so I could apply it. >> I can confirm that Klaus patch also works with the DC30 and Buz. >> >> The reason why I didn't test the patch when it was released is that I didn't >> have a 64Bit machine with more than 2GB of Ram. >> >> I really think that this patch should make it into the kernel. >> I have checked the kernel logs, but I didn't find any hit that this patch >> did make it ever into the kernel. Could there someone check if that is >> really true. >> >> So how is the best way that this patch will be included into the Linux >> kernel ? >> >> I can try to apply the patch to a current kernel it we need to test it with >> a new kernel or a specific one. >> >> auf hoffentlich bald, >> >> Berni the Chaos of Woodquarter >> >> Email: [email protected] >> www: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gz/bernhard >> -- Cheers, Mauro ------------------------------------------------------------------------------