From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Intel PRO/100 software developer manual released
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:59:59 -0500
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Feldman, Scott wrote:
> Available at https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000.
> 
> The full title is: 
> 
>   Intel 8255x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller Family
>   Open Source Software Developer Manual
>   Revision 1.0
> 
> The manual is intended to support the maintenance of the e100 driver (or the
> best driver for the PRO/100 networking hardware ;-).  The manual covers the
> 82557, 82558, 82559, 82550, and 82551 Ethernet controllers.
> 
> I would like to thank Jeff Garzik for encouraging this publication, and for
> having the patience to deal with the Intel machine.


I'm surprised that this David (me) actually got through to the Goliath :)

Let me publicly thank Intel NIC team [and related persons] for some 
great work.  You guys have really been responsive both to technical 
issues and also political/community-related issues like this one of 
opening docs.

This is a situation where I really think that opening docs will lead to 
a better overall user experience with Intel hardware on Linux, and 
hopefully serves as a model for other vendors to follow.

Thanks and kudos, Intel!

	Jeff