From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jun 23 21:12:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA19797 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:12:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19696 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:11:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com) Received: (from gibbs@localhost) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id WAA00518; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:06:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:06:09 -0600 (MDT) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Message-Id: <199806240406.WAA00518@narnia.plutotech.com> To: Eivind Eklund cc: scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec Supports Linux.. :P Newsgroups: pluto.freebsd.scsi In-Reply-To: <19980623150306.A4019@mu.org> <19980624011703.06277@follo.net> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971204 (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.0-CURRENT (i386)) Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <19980624011703.06277@follo.net> you wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 03:03:06PM -0500, Paul Saab wrote: >> http://www.redhat.com/news/news-details.phtml?id=97 > > This is just hype. I got most of the information they're boasting > about by just asking back in 1994. > > The only new part is 'will /investigate/ open-source distribution of > hardware abstraction layers' which is not a true commitment. > (Emphasis is mine). Actually, Doug Ledford has the CHIM code right now. He stupidly signed an NDA to get it, but his understanding of the situation is that Adaptec will release the CHIM under a less restrictive license soon. Adaptec technical marketing has made similar promises to me, but I've made it quite clear that going from a full source situation to a setup without firmware source would be a step backwards for many current users of this code (e.g. no target mode). > Eivind. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message