Comment 40 for bug 162671

>I've tried compiling this driver with kernel 2.6.31 and it's not possible at the moment.

@Matthew Tompsett

In post #29 on this thread it is explained that this code has been taken up by the Linux kernel team working on drivers, and that there is a working version of this driver (works for 32 bit only apparently) in the kernel staging area.

>I suppose this means this driver won't be available in Karmic, unless someone patches it.

Someone is patching it. That is exactly what the staging area of kernel development is for.

In post #31 there is a comment from the maintainer promising to provide a compiled version for Karmic for testing purposes once the code has been cleaned up satisfactorily.