Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules

2005-02-02 Thread Jon Masters
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 21:50:49 -0500, Kyle Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please consider the benefits to GPL software ;-) Given his @gnu.org posts, I'd suggest he's between a rock and a hard place and can't just do that. Companies don't always understand these arguments :-) On the techical

Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules

2005-02-02 Thread Jon Masters
On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 21:50:49 -0500, Kyle Moffett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please consider the benefits to GPL software ;-) Given his @gnu.org posts, I'd suggest he's between a rock and a hard place and can't just do that. Companies don't always understand these arguments :-) On the techical

Re: Interface between BSP and the kernel

2005-01-30 Thread Jon Masters
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:06:17 -0800 (PST), Eugene K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where could I find a documented interface between a > Board Support Package layer and Linux Kernel itself ? There is no Board Support Package layer of which you speak. Linux doesn't have a hal (well it does, but it's

Re: Interface between BSP and the kernel

2005-01-30 Thread Jon Masters
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:06:17 -0800 (PST), Eugene K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where could I find a documented interface between a Board Support Package layer and Linux Kernel itself ? There is no Board Support Package layer of which you speak. Linux doesn't have a hal (well it does, but it's a

Re: [Lists-linux-kernel-news] Re: [PATCH] raid6: altivec support

2005-01-19 Thread Jon Masters
[excuse formatting, adhoc connectivity] Ben writes: > And ppc64 adds a flattened device-tree format, even better imho :) This is exactly what I was looking at - pulling that in to ppc32, helps with stuff like kexec too. Like everything else, it helps to have people moaning at me to make me

Re: [PATCH] raid6: altivec support

2005-01-19 Thread Jon Masters
Kumar Gala wrote: We did talk about looking at using some work Ben did in ppc64 with OF in ppc32. John Masters was looking into this, but I havent heard much from him on it lately. I went rather quiet since I had nothing new to add to the discussion. But I did plan to get somewhere before

Re: [PATCH] raid6: altivec support

2005-01-19 Thread Jon Masters
Kumar Gala wrote: We did talk about looking at using some work Ben did in ppc64 with OF in ppc32. John Masters was looking into this, but I havent heard much from him on it lately. I went rather quiet since I had nothing new to add to the discussion. But I did plan to get somewhere before

Re: [Lists-linux-kernel-news] Re: [PATCH] raid6: altivec support

2005-01-19 Thread Jon Masters
[excuse formatting, adhoc connectivity] Ben writes: And ppc64 adds a flattened device-tree format, even better imho :) This is exactly what I was looking at - pulling that in to ppc32, helps with stuff like kexec too. Like everything else, it helps to have people moaning at me to make me

Re: Forwarding broadcast traffic

2001-03-03 Thread Jon Masters
Jeremy Jackson wrote: > try bridging instead if ip forwarding. use netfilter too if you want I mentioned bridging before - I don't want some kind of transparent bridge, really so what I would need is for the router to be contactable in the same way as before and for regular traffic to pass

Forwarding broadcast traffic

2001-03-03 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I have a brain-dead application here which relies on broadcast traffic for client/server discovery and I have a question with regard to forwarding broadcast traffic. A small part of my local LAN looks like this: REST OF LAN |

Forwarding broadcast traffic

2001-03-03 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I have a brain-dead application here which relies on broadcast traffic for client/server discovery and I have a question with regard to forwarding broadcast traffic. A small part of my local LAN looks like this: REST OF LAN |

Re: Forwarding broadcast traffic

2001-03-03 Thread Jon Masters
Jeremy Jackson wrote: try bridging instead if ip forwarding. use netfilter too if you want I mentioned bridging before - I don't want some kind of transparent bridge, really so what I would need is for the router to be contactable in the same way as before and for regular traffic to pass

Re: Crypto in 2.4

2001-01-06 Thread Jon Masters
Marc Mutz wrote: > A 2.4.0.1 should be on ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/crypto/v2.4/. > But it has been heavily re-worked. I haven't got my hands on that one > and will keep quiet as to what extend that patch is produiction-ready, > but I remember that the loop driver in 2.4.0 still can stall

Re: Crypto in 2.4

2001-01-06 Thread Jon Masters
Marc Mutz wrote: A 2.4.0.1 should be on ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/crypto/v2.4/. But it has been heavily re-worked. I haven't got my hands on that one and will keep quiet as to what extend that patch is produiction-ready, but I remember that the loop driver in 2.4.0 still can stall your

Crypto in 2.4

2001-01-04 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I am aware of work being done to create crypto patches for 2.4 however I am wondering what kind of time scale is likely to be involved before a patch for 2.4.0 becomes available and, more importantly, when such a patch will be suitable for daily use (disclaimers withstanding obviously).

Crypto in 2.4

2001-01-04 Thread Jon Masters
Hello, I am aware of work being done to create crypto patches for 2.4 however I am wondering what kind of time scale is likely to be involved before a patch for 2.4.0 becomes available and, more importantly, when such a patch will be suitable for daily use (disclaimers withstanding obviously).

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