Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:25:18 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: hcremean@vt.edu Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Testimonial Message-ID: <199709160325.VAA00369@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <19970912010929.22227@wakky.dyn.ml.org> References: <19970906032624.26281@my.domain> <199709061315.PAA25745@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> <19970906204232.60650@wakky.dyn.ml.org> <19970911225256.12801@my.domain> <19970912010929.22227@wakky.dyn.ml.org>
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Lee Cremeans writes:
> Bah! (What exactly is I20, anyway? I saw some talk about it on
> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, but...)
Another weird American acronym, for "Intelligent I/O." It is basically
a plan for Intel to sell i960 chips to people who ordinarily aren't that
stupid. The plan calls for new I/O devices to sport an i960 processor,
which talks to the i960 processor on the main board, thus making all of
our I/O "intelligent." It doesn't, however, say this for free:
currently you have to become a member of a secret I20 brotherhood and
agree not to disclose anything in order to learn enough about I20 to
develop drivers. It would appear this prevents anyone from legitimately
giving away I20 drivers.
This is bound to change some time in the near future, as Intel has too
much to lose from the negative publicity generated by all those Linuxers
out there. Not to mention Ray Noorda, in the guise of Caldera, hounding
them. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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