Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:25:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Cc: John Reynolds~ <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit driver Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910211024370.19311-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199910211726.NAA12122@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
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> Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, John Reynolds~ > had to walk into mine and say: > > > > A friend just passed this along: > > > > http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=Coa6pWbKbyte0mtu > > > > Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit support for Linux. Source code too (non-GPL'ed very > > much like a BSD-ish license). > > Just in case anyone is wondering, I refuse to create BSD drivers based > soley on information from Linux drivers. I don't want any damn Linux > source: I want the programming manual used to create the driver in > the first place. Why? If Intel is willing to release unencumbered > Linux source, then they should be willing to release the manual as well. > If they're not willing, then I don't want anything to do with them. Okay, I'll do it then. > > > I don't have the technicals to understand how hard it would be to port, but > > the code is there for those who do! :) > > You work for Intel yet claim technical ignorance? I dunno man... :) Big company. Usual story. Lighten up. > -Bill > > -- > ============================================================================= > -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu > Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research > Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City > ============================================================================= > "It is not I who am crazy; it is I who am mad!" - Ren Hoek, "Space Madness" > ============================================================================= > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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