From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 14 12:20:52 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id MAA09525 for current-outgoing; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:20:52 -0800 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA09519 ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:20:46 -0800 Message-Id: <199511142020.MAA09519@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lambert cc: davidg@Root.COM, hsu@cs.hut.fi, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ISP state their FreeBSD concerns In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:19:38 MST." <199511141719.KAA20209@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:20:45 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >Sequencer code written in the face of manufacturer opposition simply >> >does not give me the warm fuzzies (no slight on the Adaptec driver >> >intended -- though if you want to view it as a slight on Adaptec, feel >> >free to do so 8-)). >> >> Adaptec does not oppose us providing our own sequencer code. > >No, they oppose us. Or we could use their sequencer code and (potentially) >not have problems like this. No, they oppose their competitors. Adaptec's sequencer code works around deficiencies with hundreds of periferals. That information has been gleaned from more than a decade of experience. If you were in Adaptec's position, would you make it publicly availible so that your competitors can become "as compatible" as you are? There has been some talk of releaseing a "stripped down" verison of the sequencer code for "free" development, but they don't have the developer hours to produce it yet. > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org >--- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present >or previous employers. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================