From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:17:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:16:54 -0500 Received: from smtp-out-2.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.19.254]:28849 "EHLO mel-rto2.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:15:58 -0500 Message-ID: <3C5691F0.30105@wanadoo.fr> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:13:36 +0100 From: Pierre Rousselet User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020126 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zwane Mwaikambo CC: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: ext2 fs corruption and usb devices In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > But i still think proprietory modules showing up in problem traces is > usually enough to warrant the trace as useless. The fact that it works now > and not then could be anybody's guess. The kernel module is actually open-source and could even be merged in the kernel tree. If the modem was smart it would run its own firmware without relying on the client's machine to do it. Q1: Are the ST USB drivers for Linux completely Open Source ? A1: Alcatel supports the Open Source Movement, but feels it has to protect it's Intellectual property. Therefore, The drivers are only partially Open Source. There is a open source kernel-module (GPL) and a closed source management application. The management application is distributed as a binary and contains the firmware. Pierre -- ------------------------------------------------ Pierre Rousselet ------------------------------------------------