Re: I2O, free software

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Tue, 22 Jul 1997 21:11:45 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Mike Kilburn wrote:

> but for the case of Adaptec 2940 (for example) the vendor supplied drivers are better
> than what is available for Linux. If Linux could somehow live/work with this
> one exception to the GPL then I2O could be a big win in terms of hardware
> support.

Maby if the hardware wern't some foobared pice of crap, and the drivers
wernt required to do strange things in order for it to work right.. (Like
2940s in pro200s)