From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 15 08:42:46 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id IAA20862 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:42:46 -0800 Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA20829 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:42:39 -0800 From: chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu Received: (from chuck@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA26574; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:42:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 11:42:35 -0500 Message-Id: <199511151642.LAA26574@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: "Ron G. Minnich" "Re: Device drivers" (Nov 15, 11:33am) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: "Ron G. Minnich" Subject: Re: Device drivers Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Nov 15, 11:33am, "Ron G. Minnich" wrote: } Subject: Re: Device drivers } I still take it as pretty significant that dec allowed an employee to } ship a driver. Given the way companies are about IP nowadays that's a } pretty significant statement of support on dec's part. } I agree. } Intel, on the other hand, is still behaving like intel. A 5-year nda is } really out of control. I'd think very hard before signing such a } document, esp. when we end up with object only (although i hate to admit } sarnoff did finally sign it -- we were under time pressure). What about Does this mean you have a device driver written? Oh, I agree, these types of agreements stifle (sp?) developement but some- times you have to bite the bullet. (this discussion sounds an awful lot like the discussion about writing a driver for one of the newer adaptecs). } the .h files: are you not allowed to even ship those? Good question!!! This might require contacting Intel. } } ron } } Ron Minnich |Like a knife through Daddy's heart: } rminnich@sarnoff.com |"Don't make fun of Windows, daddy! It takes care } (609)-734-3120 | of all my files and it's reliable and I like it". } } }-- End of excerpt from "Ron G. Minnich" -- Charles Green UN*X System Administration 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming