Uh...well its INTELs driver, available from Intel's site. At 01:17 AM 01/14/2002, John Newbigin wrote: >Compaq appear to have an e1000 driver for linux which is covered by the >BSD licence. > >The download page is here >http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/us/download/10568.html >or the srpm from here >ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/supportsoftware/linux/redhat/e1000-3.0.7-1.src.rpm > >The rpm spec file states >copyright: BSD > >this the the LICENCE file contained inside the tgz file: > >============================================== >Copyright (c) 1999 - 2001, Intel Corporation > >All rights reserved. > >Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without >modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are >met: > > 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright >notice, > this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > > 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright >notice, > this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the >documentation > and/or other materials provided with the distribution. > > 3. Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its >contributors > may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this >software > without specific prior written permission. > >THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS >IS'' >AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, >THE >IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR >PURPOSE ARE >DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, >INDIRECT, >INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT >NOT >LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, >DATA, OR >PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF >LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING >NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS >SOFTWARE, >EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. >============================================== > >If this is BSD compatible then does that mean the driver could end up in >the kernel proper? > >I have tested the driver which works, so far without any problems. > >The driver does not come with tech specs but the code seems fairly well >documented. > >John. > >-- >Information Technology Innovation Group >Swinburne University. Melbourne, Australia >http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn >- >: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
