On Oct 13, 10:09am, Donald Becker wrote: } Subject: Re: Q: > Another vendor of note: Intel finally releaead a driver for their gigabit > Ethernet card, but not under the GPL. They talk the talk, but don't walk > the walk. > > Just so it's clear to distribution builders and other vendors: the type of > driver release that Intel did severely limits your ability to use the > driver. It is a violation of the GPL to integrate their driver source into > the kernel source tree, or provide a patch to do so. (The latter is > contributory infringement.) You may not distribute pre-built kernels that > link with the driver, and that includes selling a machine that can network > boot using the driver. Very interesting note Don, thanks for the useful information. Hhhmm, I purchased 32 GNIC-II cards from PacketEngines. Plugged them into the cluster machines, downloaded the driver, built the kernel, connected the fiber into the A1200's and things have been working well ever since. No hassles and no compromised middle ground. Point of reference for anyone making vendor decisions. > Donald Becker All the best to everyone on the list. Greg }-- End of excerpt from Donald Becker As always, Dr. G.W. Wettstein Enjellic Systems Development - Specializing 4206 N. 19th Ave. in information infra-structure solutions. Fargo, ND 58102 WWW: http://www.enjellic.com Phone: 701-281-1686 EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "If you plugged up your nose and mouth right before you sneezed, would the sneeze go out your ears or would your head explode? Either way I'm afraid to try." -- Nick Kean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
