Date: 03 May 2001 12:16:30 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk> To: Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr> Cc: Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>, <questions@freebsd.org>, <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FYI: GPL Linux driver for Alcatel ADSL SpeedTouch USB Message-ID: <m1snimr8c1.fsf@zaphod.realtime.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105031305380.82355-100000@eve.framatome.fr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105031305380.82355-100000@eve.framatome.fr>
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Claude Buisson <ubc@paris.framatome.fr> writes: > This software needs the Alcatel drivers (Windows OR Linux) to extract > the microcode. > > This software runs also on 2.2.17 kernels That I was not aware of. My bad. > > Companies that release these kinds of drivers for GNU/Linux and then > > claim to be heroes of the revolution just annoy me. At least Alcatel > > didn't brag about it. They just did it to get people off their back :) > As I found only pointers to the Alcatel code in the lists, I thought that > it could help for FreeBSD work to have another example (without kernel > patches and/or proprietary libraries). > > This is not made by a "company" and nobody is claiming to be a hero. Actually, it very much is made by a 'company'. Last time I checked, Alcatel was a _massive_ telecoms company. They are the ones I am referring to in my rant, not the original poster. -- - Wayne Pascoe E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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