Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:38:32 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT Message-ID: <200012191838.KAA13083@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 10:16:09 PST." <XFMail.001219101609.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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>> Your stupidity is also is emphasized by the fact that no major manufacturer >> has supported drivers for freebsd. Intel wont even help by providing docs. >> Bravo. What a WIN for the freebsd community. You've done a tremendous job >> marketing your concept. > >So that's why Intel provides free bound copies of their IA-64 books and PDF's >of the other chip manuals, PXE manuals, etc. I guess all those data sheets >I've seen Bill Paul pore over while working on his ethernet drivers were just >figments of my imagination as well. I think he's refering to the 82559 manual. It is available from Intel to developers, but only with an NDA. For various reasons, I can't sign an NDA for that information without putting myself in legal jeopardy. That has always been true, but I was able to obtain the [now older] 82557 manual without an NDA due to a screwup at Intel - which allowed me to write the original fxp driver. Unfortunately, a few things have changed since then, especially in the SEEPROM area and the only method I have of fixing those problems these days is by reverse-engineering. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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