From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 20 17:24:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA12135 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:24:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles236.castles.com [208.214.165.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA12057 for ; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 17:23:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00557; Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:23:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809202023.NAA00557@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on the Intel-UNIX standard In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:26:18 CDT." <360491FA.3BEA2BE6@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:23:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I'm concerned about the SNR in hackers, but I just couldn't resist > asking if someone was aware and acting on this > http://www.sco.com/udi/ Yes, we're aware of it. What is there to act on? > It will be ported for Linux and distributed as freeware, as far as SCO > knows... There is pressure for Intel to include a Linux implementation as part of the deliverables for UDI. As such, it may be contaminated by the GPL. UDI is a reasonably nice framework. Someone with some time on their hands might want to try implementing it for FreeBSD. Last time I read the drafts, there were still significant omissions, particularly addressing the way that a UDI driver might integrate with the system (eg. driver lookup, dependancy management, etc.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message