Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:19:18 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, jamie@tridentmicrosystems.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM5701 Chipset problems Message-ID: <20020514041918.DF28E380F@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <3CE01A3A.AAB85F64@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > Has anyone tapped the manufacturer on the shoulder hard enough to > get an answer? "Why are you not using Linux or another supported OS?" No, they so far have steadfastly refused to supply information about bugs and errata in such a way that we could use them in an open source driver. ie: you cannot get anything without an NDA that basically forfeits the souls of your next 5 generations of offspring if you even mention there might be bug in the hardware to your next door neighbor with a quiet whisper. OK, that's overdoing it :-), but you get the idea of the problem. Their NDA process just doesn't cater for open source development. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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