From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jay Cliburn Subject: Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:23:19 -0500 Message-ID: <44E25767.6010208@bellsouth.net> References: <44DFBFBE.1070201@bellsouth.net> <20060815143457.5fde176b@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.67]:25953 "EHLO imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750802AbWHOXXW (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:23:22 -0400 Received: from ibm60aec.bellsouth.net ([72.147.232.152]) by imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060815232320.XBEM24571.imf19aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm60aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:23:20 -0400 To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20060815143457.5fde176b@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:11:42 -0500 > Jay Cliburn wrote: ...snip... >> I've read the LKML FAQ regarding new driver submissions, but it implies >> that the submitter be willing to maintain the driver, which I'm not >> qualified to do. I haven't contacted Attansic to request a change to >> the above support statement, because my past attempts to contact vendors >> on matters of this tenor have been greeted with silence. > > I would recommend the module author to see if they would GPL it. Thank you for your reply. I've contacted the author as you suggest. Jay