Jonathan Lemon wrote: > In article <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > you write: > >> What happend at Intel? Their driver is even released under the > >> BSD license! (and the Linux one under the GPL) > > > >Many Intel software products are released under a BSD-like license. > > > >Consider the ACPI CA codebase we use. > > > >> > The driver will be committed to -CURRENT first and MFC'ed to > >> > -STABLE later. > >> > >> Really? What about the gx driver? > > > >The 'gx' driver was committed so that Jonathan's code would be on > >record, since he'd spent so much time and effort on it. Testing so > >far has indicated that the Intel driver is generally superior, but > > No, sorry. Testing has shown no such thing; the performance of > the drivers is equivalent, or even that gx has a slight edge.
Well, the experience on irc.snoogans.org begs to differ. The Intel driver sustained much higher rates under attack than what it took to make gx fall over completely. > >The Intel driver will be the preferred driver for these cards. > > That still is under discussion. More to the point, let the respective drivers stand on their own merits. There is no need to "decide" for one or the other. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
