[3338] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Bug in 1.2.13 firewall?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Wed Jun 19 19:02:44 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:12:52 -0400
To: hab <hab@ece.engr.ucf.edu>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: ATPlack <ATPlack@scj.com>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>Dennis wrote:
>>
>> >Sorry, proprietary - anything that is not shared due to ownership,
>> >confidentiality, or competitive reasons.
>> >
>> >It has nothing to do with secrets or locked-in. These are used of a
>> >companies which simply does not disclose information necessary to use the
>> >product. I assume, your company has provide a working driver and
>> >documentation for it's board. I assume, you provide some tech. support.
>> > Hopefully, your company listens to possible bugs without charging like some
>> >big networking companies starting with an N.
>>
>> Our board is not proprietary. I dont believe that every binary-only
>> distribution should be considered as such.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>
>Dennis
> If your board is not prpietary does this mean that have
>available with no restrictions the data that allows your board
>to be used. Ie things like register addresses, the meaning of
>bits in status registers etc. much like we would get from
>Hewlett Packard when we get their developers kit for their
>products. They also supply binary only drivers, but they also
>supply data that allows independent developers to incorporate
>their hardware into non HP supported products. I am not suggesting
>that you supply the board unbundled, but that you allow the additional
>flexability of the board being used in manners that you would find
>unechnomical support?
This information is available. Problem with most of you guys is that
you complain, complain, complain....when all you have to do is ask for
it. We've also offered to provide lower cost "spare" boards for use
with such drivers. The only stipulation is that we dont give support for
development with the processor that we use...the spec for that
part (SGS MK5025) is publically available...so dont call us and ask
us how it works...call them.
Dennis
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