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linux-source-2.6.15 package

modem driver missing for old powerbook

Bug #36499 reported by Hubert Figuiere
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ben Collins
Ubuntu dapper-updates

Bug Description

The kernel has a modem driver for old powerbook G3 and ibook clamshell. this driver has been forgotten in the 2.6 package.

(reminder: I'll look for the kernel option to put in)

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Hubert Figuiere (hub) wrote :

If I remember the kernel option is CONFIG_SERIAL_PMACZILOG

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

If you're saying that the option has been disabled, that's easy to fix, but if the driver has been removed upstream, we're unlikely to take over maintenance of it ourselves

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Phil Bull (philbull) wrote :

Any more information on this?

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Niels Kristian Bech Jensen (nkbjensen) wrote :

A fix is suggested in #45916 (marked as duplicate of this bug).

Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Ben Collins (ben-collins)
Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
assignee: nobody → ben-collins
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Ben Collins (ben-collins)
Changed in linux-source-2.6.15:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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