ADSL support ?

Dan Cuthbert dan at afx.org.uk
Tue Feb 13 18:51:53 GMT 2001


Well all i can say is a Big Thanks to the Lads\Ladettes over @ Alcatel,
maybe the UK will start catching up in the Broadband race



Dan
Security Manager
Smoothwall Firewall Project
www.smoothwall.org
dan at afx.org.uk


On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Nick Hibma wrote:

> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 15:10:09 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Nick Hibma <n_hibma at qubesoft.com>
> To: Jonathan Belson <jon at witchspace.com>
> Cc: freebsd-users at freebsd.org.uk
> Subject: Re: ADSL support ?
>
>
> All I know is that the GPL has not yet been upheld in court...
>
> Nick
>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Jonathan Belson wrote:
>
> > Nick Hibma wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Why? It just means that the driver will end up in a different directory
> > > >
> > > > Won't the driver need to be linked into the kernel?
> > >
> > > Not if it is a module:
> > >
> > >         kldload uspeedtouch
> >
> > Hmm.  This is one of the most often debated bits of the GPL - does
> > a module have to be linked against the kernel?  The GPL makes
> > no distinction between dynamic and static linking.  RMS and his
> > army of zealots insist that dynamic linking is covered, everyone else
> > insists the opposite.
> >
> > This came up several times when people ported GPL drivers to
> > BeOS - in a couple of cases they discontinued their work after
> > receiving abusive emails 8^(
> >
> >
> > --
> > C-YA
> > Jon
> >
> > <http://www.witchspace.com>
> >
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