Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:20:59 -0400 (EDT) | From | Shawn Starr <> | Subject | Re: Gigabit Intel NIC? - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Pro/1000T |
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No word yet. I would be extremely surprised to get the docs WITHOUT an NDA or so. It never hurts to try though :-)
I wouldn't write the driver no, my C skills aren't very good and lack of kernel API knowledge would render that idea dead ;-)
Shawn.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Ion. > > >> Shawn, I'd suggest you tell the said sales guy that IF he can > >> get you the FULL specs TOGETHER WITH permission to freely > >> distribute them... > > > Permission to freely distribute the specs isn't necessary, > > although it is nice indeed. All that's needed is permission to > > GPL the driver sources written using knowledge from said specs. > > That presupposes that the person they give the specs to is the person > writing the driver. I don't remember shawn offering to write a driver > or anything approaching that. > > As I see it, if Shawn has permission to freely distribute the specs, > he can send a copy to Alan Cox for forwarding to the relevant driver > developers. However, if he has to sign an NDA to get them, they're > useless... > > Alan: Am I right in assuming this? > > Best wishes from Riley. > > >
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