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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:06:09 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
Cc:        scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec Supports Linux.. :P
Message-ID:  <199806240406.WAA00518@narnia.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980623150306.A4019@mu.org> <19980624011703.06277@follo.net>

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In article <19980624011703.06277@follo.net> you wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 03:03:06PM -0500, Paul Saab wrote:
>> http://www.redhat.com/news/news-details.phtml?id=97
> 
> This is just hype.  I got most of the information they're boasting
> about by just asking back in 1994.
> 
> The only new part is 'will /investigate/ open-source distribution of
> hardware abstraction layers' which is not a true commitment.
> (Emphasis is mine).

Actually, Doug Ledford has the CHIM code right now.  He stupidly signed
an NDA to get it, but his understanding of the situation is that Adaptec
will release the CHIM under a less restrictive license soon.  Adaptec
technical marketing has made similar promises to me, but I've made it
quite clear that going from a full source situation to a setup without
firmware source would be a step backwards for many current users of this
code (e.g. no target mode).

> Eivind.

--
Justin

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