Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:48:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_fxp - the real point Message-ID: <200103110348.f2B3m3N03479@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 21:37:01 CST." <200103110337.f2B3b1210404@guild.plethora.net>
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> Okay, maybe I'm missing something...
>
> 1. Has anyone tried one of these new Intel parts with BSD/OS?
> 2. Do any of the people involved with this have source licenses to BSD/OS?
>
> I am quite sure BSDi hasn't been swamped with "help, my Intel card isn't
> working" requests. I'm also quite sure that the source license includes the
> Intel stuff. Now, that doesn't do *much* more good than the Linux driver...
> but it might help *some*.
Actually, I don't think it does. I spoke with Jeert about this a while
back; his attitude isn't much better than Intel's on this topic.
> If anyone has a specific part number or model information about the new
> unsupported PHY, I'd be happy to look it up and tell you what, if anything,
> I can find out. I can't send out copies of the source without some kind
> of formal approval, but I could certainly at least answer questions like
> "do we have a BSD-flavored driver that works with this".
The FreeBSD project already has a BSD/OS source distribution, however the
required information is NOT THERE. Ok?
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