Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:49:08 +0100 | From | David A Rusling <> | Subject | Re: The i2o Bus: A Conspiracy Against Free Software? (fwd) |
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B. James Phillippe wrote: > > This is not kernel related. But, I believe that it could become so if > this closed-standard IO technology becomes a standard. Frankly, I'm so > disturbed by it that I can't even discuss it. Someone please tell me this > is a joke or I'm reading it wrong. >
I don't know about the I2O terms, I'll go and investigate. Don't forget that PCI was (originally) as restrictive a standard as this. I would hope that I20 code gets written for Linux and that that code is freely redistributable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David A Rusling Principal Engineer European Semiconductor Applications Digital Equipment Co Ltd., Engineering PO Box 121, Imperial Way, Worton Grange Reading RG2 0TU Linux, Alpha, StrongArm, PCI Tel: UK-(0)1734-204380 Fax: UK-(0)1734-203133 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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