Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:39:16 -0500 (EST) From: Stefan Molnar <stefan@exis.net> To: Patrick Nadeau <pnadeau@maeve.physics.utoronto.ca> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM Token ring driver Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970120133747.2230B-100000@tarpon.exis.net> In-Reply-To: <199701201217.MAA26656@maeve.physics.utoronto.ca>
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> I can't say how much time it will take to write it though. If you have any > timeline you were thinking of you can let me know. > > Some changes will have to be made to the arp code since it now is hard coded to > ethernet also. > > I have the driver probing and attaching the card right now which was easy. > The hard part was getting technical info from IBM! After two weeks > of calling for a few hours each day and after talking to more than > 100 different people I got the line that the information was > ``IBM confidential'' and that I would have to sign a non-disclosure agreement! > > I managed to find the information a month later by total fluke and the most > ironic thing is that it is _not_ confidential. > > I think there should be a law making it illegal to ship hardware > without technical documentation. > have you tried olicom? I heard that they are more forgiving with opening up eith driver info. I would like to do it, but I am not a programer, I am a silly person. Stefan -------------------------------------------- Stefan Molnar Team Exis.Net stefan@exis.net Member EFF Slightly Silly Team OS/2 east-coast-ambassador@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU "She turned me into a Newt! A Newt? I got better." -Monty Python --------------------------------------------
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