On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Matthew Miller wrote: >> > >> > Hopefully, we can get Intel to do something about this. Is there any >> > >> way Red Hat people can talk to inside-Intel people about it? >> "Intel plans Linux support for Centrino" >> http://news.com.com/2100-1006-993896.html > >Yes. I e-mailed Intel's Centrino support when I saw this article; the people >there seemed a bit surprised to hear that they had any Linux plans >whatsoever. > >The news article says that "Final validation will be based on customer >demand and timing", and "Intel hasn't yet decided whether to release its >Linux work for Centrino as open-source software". This may be a good time to >e-mail Intel ([EMAIL PROTECTED] is what I started with; got replies back >from the friendly people at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) and have >yourself counted as "customer demand", and mention that you'd really like >the drivers to actually have source.
It would be a shame if Intel released the drivers proprietary only, as Red Hat Linux users would then have to download the proprietary drivers from Intel's website, lose Red Hat support for their machines while using the proprietary modules, and then update them separately every time we release a new kernel. Lets hope Intel releases them as open source to the community so that support can be included and supported in Red Hat Linux as well as the mainstream Linux kernel. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat -- Phoebe-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list
