Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 13:23:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: More on the Intel-UNIX standard Message-ID: <199809202023.NAA00557@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Sep 1998 00:26:18 CDT." <360491FA.3BEA2BE6@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>
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> I'm concerned about the SNR in hackers, but I just couldn't resist > asking if someone was aware and acting on this > http://www.sco.com/udi/ Yes, we're aware of it. What is there to act on? > It will be ported for Linux and distributed as freeware, as far as SCO > knows... There is pressure for Intel to include a Linux implementation as part of the deliverables for UDI. As such, it may be contaminated by the GPL. UDI is a reasonably nice framework. Someone with some time on their hands might want to try implementing it for FreeBSD. Last time I read the drafts, there were still significant omissions, particularly addressing the way that a UDI driver might integrate with the system (eg. driver lookup, dependancy management, etc.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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