Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:27:00 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, takawata@shidahara1.planet.kobe-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: Mainboard Monitor Probes (Linux port too hard?) Message-ID: <4.1.19981223152411.00b4d2d0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981222011226.50577@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.981220132306.8357C-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19981220165555.52107@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <Pine.BSF.3.95.981220132306.8357C-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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At 01:12 AM 12/22/98 +0000, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > >Sure. We'll also have to consider Linux stuff. > The LM80 software may be able to be retrofitted with the LM78 code, I'm not sure how far off they are between each other, maybe they're compatible. >It may be a hard issue since they rely on there /proc and module >loadable mechanism. We should certainly use kld too. > >Another problem is the license... > The Linux stuff is GPL.. Perhaps it'd be more logical to use the Linux material only as a reference and not to extract code from it.. That'd be a sound way to get around that. Since most of the code does indeed rely on the /proc, that's about all it's good for. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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