This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Wed May 29 11:41:20 2024 Received: from entropy.muc.muohio.edu (IDENT:root@entropy.muc.muohio.edu [134.53.213.10]) by herbie.ucs.indiana.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA08846 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:33:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from vger.rutgers.edu (vger.rutgers.edu [128.6.190.2]) by entropy.muc.muohio.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA28310; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:29:44 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:27:49 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:27:37 -0400 Received: from red.hex.net ([204.155.154.2]:23051 "EHLO red.hex.net") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:26:08 -0400 Received: from earthling.net (overcode@gold-22.hex.net [216.88.73.22]) by red.hex.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA15910 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:26:02 -0500 Message-Id: <3793F753.99E9C7F6@earthling.net> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:13:07 -0500 From: "J. Reeves Hall" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.10 i686) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: [Fwd: FastTrak in Linux] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------A65AEB188251FDD2385832E6" Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Precedence: bulk X-Loop: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing-dig This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A65AEB188251FDD2385832E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's the response from Promise on the FastTrak controller... Not too promising. Perhaps an ongoing diplomacy effort would sway some opinions... -Reeves --------------A65AEB188251FDD2385832E6 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from smv14.iname.net (lmtp08.iname.net [165.251.8.81]) by red.hex.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA06980 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 18:14:01 -0500 Received: from mail.promise.com (mail.promise.com [205.185.57.35]) by smv14.iname.net (8.9.3/8.9.1SMV2) with ESMTP id TAA27664 for sent by ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:13:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from user19.promise.com ([205.185.57.79]) by mail.promise.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.62) with SMTP id 170; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 15:14:47 -0700 Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:11:14 -0700 Message-ID: <01BED201.53453F80.support@promise.com> From: "Promise Technical Support" To: "'J. Reeves Hall'" Subject: RE: FastTrak in Linux Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:11:13 -0700 Organization: Promise Technology, Inc. X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you for your input. This argument has been made many times before, but I will forward the message anyway. Currently, there are no plans to release the source code for the FastTrak controller. Matthew Hawk Promise Technical Support -----Original Message----- From: J. Reeves Hall [SMTP:reeves@earthling.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:00 AM To: support@promise.com Subject: FastTrak in Linux The FastTrak is a really neat board (I had the opportunity to experiment with one last summer at work), and I'd like to be able to recommend it and use it, but there are currently no Linux drivers for it... I realize that companies often feel the need to keep their specifications secret, but in many cases that does more harm than good... Namely by shutting out the 10 million Linux users in the world. I noticed that there are plans to provide Red Hat Linux drivers for the FastTrak. That's a very good thing, but please don't forget the other distributions. If you choose to release your source code to the Linux kernel development team, your drivers will be integrated into the constantly-evolving kernel and will be maintained. That would allow any Linux user to immediately use your FastTrak boards without switching distributions or messing with a binary-only driver. It would also harness the combined brainpower of a large number of kernel experts, which very well might result in performance gains and improved compatibility. Linux RAID solutions are currently either very expensive or software-based... Promise could really nail this market :) FastTrak is great... Windows NT is not. Please keep Linux's interests in mind. Thanks! -Reeves Hall --------------A65AEB188251FDD2385832E6-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/