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> From: Alan Cox [mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk]
> Remember you get an interrupt from the transition that you
> can steal from
> the ROM gunge, or is that another deep intel secret you can't
> comment on 8)
>
> Just why are intel so obsessed by secrets about something
> every other vendor
> does anyway ?

I agree and have said the very thing internally, but TPTB have determined
that the benefit of an open source driver is outweighed by the perceived
competitive advantage of keeping it a trade secret. :(

-- Andy
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