Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 02:01:51 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.mt.net> Cc: Kevin Lyda <kevin@nda.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xircom hardware specs Message-ID: <9339.832294911@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 May 1996 18:31:45 MDT." <199605170031.SAA25091@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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Nate Williams wrote in message ID <199605170031.SAA25091@rocky.sri.MT.net>: > > i sent email to xircom customer support and was informed that they > > would release the specs to interested developers. is anyone pursuing > > this? > > Nope, because signing an NDA means the source can't be distributed if a > driver is written. Which reminds me ... the last discussion I remember being had on this topic came to the conclusion that FreeBSD people won't object to binary only drivers, just as long as they can be linked into the kernel. I suppose that's problematic with people who run -current, where the interface can change rapidly, but for -stable people there should be too many problems... I suppose we just need some nutter^H^H^H^H^H^Hvolunteer to have a private CVS tree to maintain the driver and release .o versions when appropriate. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD - Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info.
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