From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] IP100A: Fix TX Pause bug (reset_tx, intr_handler) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:03:45 +0200 Message-ID: <20060918170344.GA18364@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <20060915114448.GA7329@ingate.macqel.be> <005101c6dad4$47b1e2c0$4964a8c0@icplus.com.tw> <20060918094113.GA4873@ingate.macqel.be> <00b801c6db13$312b9840$4964a8c0@icplus.com.tw> <20060918130052.GA13012@ingate.macqel.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jesse Huang , netdev@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Return-path: Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:4551 "EHLO fr.zoreil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751851AbWIRRFW (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:05:22 -0400 To: Philippe De Muyter Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060918130052.GA13012@ingate.macqel.be> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Philippe De Muyter : [...] > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 07:11:29PM +0800, Jesse Huang wrote: > > Dear Philippe: > > (1)Because this is a patent issue, we are not allow to use it again, even it > > is in Data Sheet. > > I surmise this is only a concern for icplus as a hardware company. I'd rather avoid that any Linux user of the old sundance driver with a new ip100a chipset instantly has some problem with the said patent. Who would be responsible for it ? :o( -- Ueimor