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SubjectRe: AMD K6 233 Cpu 465 BogoMips??
DateFri, 04 Sep 1998 19:38:08 -0300
From"Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <>
In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980904161431.144C-100000@lo-pc3035a>, Alex Buell 
writ
es:
+-----
| Hmm... interesting points to ponder. Now that we've got GPL'd sourceware,
| how about GPL'd motherboards and GPL'd processors? That is, a bunch of
+--->8
Whatever happened to the "Free Hardware Foundation", which was doing just 
that (designing a motherboard which wouldn't be encumbered with proprietary 
licensing)?

Unfortunately, I can guess:  as soon as your design includes PCI you're up 
the creek.  Intel has you by the short ones.  (And just try selling someone 
on a motherboard that doesn't support PCI.)

# # #

I'd be half tempted to try running your design past the smart folks on the 
chip design side of Hamerschlag D level.  (Who, me?  I'm no chip designer; I 
compile software for 'em when I'm not installing systems for 'em.  
Naturally, they want Linux :-)

-- 
brandon s. allbery	[os/2][linux][solaris][japh]	 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering					 KF8NH
carnegie mellon university



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