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+TODO:
+	- step up and maintain this driver to ensure that it continues
+	  to work.  Having the hardware for this is pretty much a
+	  requirement.  If this does not happen, the will be removed in
+	  the 2.6.35 kernel release.
+
+Please send patches to Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>.