Hi All<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the reply. I got the initial stuff working. </div><div><br></div><div>I am not yet clear on what licence this will be released as you guys mentioned i will try to make it on GPL.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Stephan,</div><div>I am trying to make a NIC card of 802.15.4 type. I dont find a point in using ACM class in USB for creating the NIC card as it is defined for Ethernet only. Any suggestions from your end on the same</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regrads</div><div>Prajosh Premdas</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:02 AM, StephanT <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stman937-linewbie@yahoo.com">stman937-linewbie@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi all,</div><div><blockquote style="border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px">
<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1">
</font><div class="im">> > I am using Linux-2.6.31-14 based on Ubuntu karmic. I am developing<br>> > a proprietary usb driver and was doing my study .<br>> <br>> The Linux USB subsystem does not allow non-GPL kernel drivers, sorry.<br>
> <br><br></div><div class="im">like "giving code away" is often frowned upon by management particularly when </div></div><div class="im"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">
it hides the interface to some ASIC or other piece of hardware that your company </div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">wants to keep a secret, <br></div>
<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div></div>
<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">I know what I have to say is, maybe out of topic but I take advantage of the thread</div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">
to
ask a basic question: The USB interface is very well known today. It is not public</div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">but it is very like it was public. There are lots of examples and implementations. </div>
<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt">My question is why would one put specific code in a generic communication interface.</div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Does this mean the driver was </span><span style="font-size:16px">poorly</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> designed? With a good design the
driver will</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt"></span><span style="font-size:12pt">handle the data exchange and the user application will handle the specific (IP hidden)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt">aspects. This split generic_communication_kernel_module / specific_user_application</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:16px">should remove all "NON-GPL" thorns. I am right?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">Stephan</span></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Regards,<br><br>Prajosh Premdas<br>
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