Hello I've tried to get some support from sonic-wall (they took over phobos) to write a linux driver for the Phobos G130 (GIO-Bus 100Mbit NIC) but after all the can't give anything out. Below you can find some emails from my communication with a former Phobos-Engineer (today he's working for sonic-wall) Look's like the end of our "100Mbit-Linux-Indy-Dream" :-(
Greetings Nik ----- Original Message ----- From: <X> To: <Y> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:53 AM Subject: RE: Phobos G130 Open Source Project: Driver for Linux MIPS Niklaus, Sorry it has taken so long to get you this answer. At one point I thought we had delivered some code to you. Things have been very busy here and I have had to poll numerous times to get an answer regarding your request. I regret to inform you that we are unable to give you any source code, or technical details of any kind. I have gone quite high in the company ranks and have been denied permission. Please accept my sincerest apologies. Sincerely, Nathan -----Original Message----- From: Niklaus Ulrich Hug [mailto:Y] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:13 AM To: Nathan Crapo Subject: Re: Phobos G130 Open Source Project: Driver for Linux MIPS Hi Nathan, like you told me here comes the reminder ;-) We are still interested to get our phobos cards working under linux Greetings Nik ----- Original Message ----- From: <X> To: <Y> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 5:21 AM Subject: RE: Phobos G130 Open Source Project: Driver for Linux MIPS Sorry I haven't returned your email sooner. I've been swamped and haven't had a chance to reply yet. I managed the NIC drivers across several platforms at one time, but unfortunately didn't work at all with the G130. I only know enough about it to tell you that it was quite different from the other NICs that I supported. I will forward your request on to someone who can tell you if there is any hope for a disclosure of schematics, source code, or anything of that nature. Maybe you would give me a reminder in a couple of weeks if you haven't heard from me by then? Thanks, Nathan -----Original Message----- From: Niklaus Ulrich Hug [mailto:Y] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:22 AM To: Nathan Crapo Subject: Phobos G130 Open Source Project: Driver for Linux MIPS Dear Mr. Crapo, I was told that you are the author of the original IRIX Driver for the Phobos G130. Togehter with some friend I try to write a linux driver for this card ( we run linux on sgi indies ..) and we are looking to get some information about this card (adressing of the Altera Max and so on ...) It would be very nice if SonicWall could support us with information and help on this issue (maybe it's possible to get also parts of the sourcecode from the irix-driver?). The new driver should then be released as Open Source and maybe get into the kernel-sources for linux-mips one day. Thanks a lot for you help already in advance. Greetings Nik Hug
