Re: Help with OpenBSD ADSL Driver needed

2005-11-15 Thread Lars Hansson
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:59:30 + Adam Retter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In principle I am happy to run with this. However the main problem > is that the purists will not accept a driver that isn't 100% Open > Source. Since the firmware and Globespan proprietary routines are in a > libra

Re: Help with OpenBSD ADSL Driver needed

2005-11-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
is that the purists will not accept a driver that isn't 100% Open Source. Since the firmware and Globespan proprietary routines are in a library they will probably tell you to go away. If not let me know. Is it truly the case that you will tell them to go away? and if so do IMHO only if they d

Re: Help with OpenBSD ADSL Driver needed

2005-11-15 Thread Eduardo Alvarenga
> I asked Guy Ellis, if Traverse would consider donating some ADSL cards > to OpenBSD developers in exchange for them helping to develop a decent > OpenBSD driver from the beta one. His response is below - > > >> In principle I am happy to run with this. However the main problem > is that the pur

Help with OpenBSD ADSL Driver needed

2005-11-15 Thread Adam Retter
Theo, A company called Traverse manufacture an ADSL card called the Pulsar. Presently they have a open source linux driver, a beta FreeBSD driver and a beta OpenBSD driver (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openadsl). I am using this card for the WAN side of a firewall box running OpenBSD 3.7.