Re: Gigabit Intel NIC? - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Pro/1000T

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 22:29:26 +0100 (BST)


> As I see it, if Shawn has permission to freely distribute the specs,
> he can send a copy to Alan Cox for forwarding to the relevant driver
> developers. However, if he has to sign an NDA to get them, they're
> useless...
>
> Alan: Am I right in assuming this?

It depends on the NDA. Lots of vendors NDA their docs because they give enough
info to cloen the hardware, or explain how to fab the chip, or include personal
details of employees .. and a million other reasons. Many sensible, many quite
daft.

But in my experience you have a better chance of getting a straight answer out
of a politician than intels networking folks. Maybe they have reformed

Alan

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