They've just gained their place in the vendorwatch.org list, scored as
"unfriendly" ;)
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On 11/28/06, Jonathan Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> This is an example of us trying to talk to a vendor and
> being totally shut down. Not only did they license the PCI express and
> MAC portions, but they don't want to help us to support their products
> at all. No information, no people to talk to, nothing.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Ubowski, Richard M (Richard)" <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
>
> From: "Ubowski, Richard M (Richard)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:41:36 -0500
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: "Soriano, Victor John (Vic)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: ET1310 Documentation
>
>
>
> Hi Jason,
> I forwarded your request to the Agere ET1310 Product Manager and a
> decision was made to not release the ET1310 documentation at this time.
> Appreciate your interest in developing an OpenBSD driver for the ET1310.
>
>
> The ET1310 GigE PHY is an Agere design and the Agere MAC was licensed
> from a 3rd party.
>
> Rgds,
> Rich Ubowski
> PCS Applications Manager
>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Jonathan Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:31:36 +1100
> To: Victor Soriano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: ET1310 datasheet
>
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 12:44:51PM -0500, Victor Soriano wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I'm Vic Soriano, a Sr. Software Engineer for Agere and the
> > author/maintainer of the Linux driver source code for the ET1310
> Gigabit MAC/PHY.
> >
> > I've copied our Applications Engineering Manager for the ET1310, Rich
> > Ubowski, on this email. He is currently looking into obtaining the
> > datasheets you've requested.
> >
> > In addition to documentation, I'm attaching the last release of the
> > ET1310 Linux driver for reference, as this might also help in your
> > porting or development efforts.
>
> Have you had a chance to find the documentation yet?
> I can't seem to manage to get MII access to return non zero values.
>
> It appears that the ET1310 design was initially based around a National
> cassini+ design?
>
> Jonathan
>
> ------ End of Forwarded Message
>
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