Re: [alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html]
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 12:39:19AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> -----
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> Subject: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-hardware-req.en.html
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:19:08 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
>
> Says:
> =========
> Some hardware manufacturers simply won't tell us how
> to write drivers for their hardware. Others won't allow us access to the
> documentation without a non-disclosure agreement that would prevent us
> from releasing the Linux source code. One example is the IBM
> laptop DSP sound system used in recent ThinkPad systems ? some
> of these systems also couple the sound system to the modem.
>
>
> IBM released mwave GPL drivers and info a long time back now, and its in
> the base kernel. Pick a newer evil example - say Nvidia ?
Sounds like a reasonable idea. Can you supply a nice-sounding
sentence?
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