Kingston KNE100TX no longer tulip
Donald Becker
becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 13:21:55 -0400
On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Greg Lindahl wrote:
> Subject: Re: Kingston KNE100TX no longer tulip
>
> > Given the scarcity of genuine "tulip" cards, it would appear that
> > software like M-VIA (which was developed using the genuine "tulip"
> > version of KNE100TX) would need to be adapted to tulip clones or to
> > other chipsets...
>
> What we need is a nicer way to take arbitrary kernel network card
> drivers and stick them into the user-level M-VIA framework. Anything
> short of this is a maintenance nightmare.
The issue is the license -- I won't release my drivers under any license
but the GPL.
Donald Becker becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
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