Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-16 Thread Chris Leech
I thought that support statement sounded familiar, large portions of the source code and documentation are modified from an older release of e1000. Nothing wrong with that as it's released under the GPL, except that the copyright statements have mostly just been switched from Intel to Attansic.

Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-16 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:44:43 -0500 John Haller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:23:19 -0500 > > Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Stephen Hemminger wrote: > >>> On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:11:42 -0500 > >>> Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-16 Thread John Haller
Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:23:19 -0500 Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:11:42 -0500 Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...snip... I've read the LKML FAQ regarding new driver submissions, but it implies that the su

Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-16 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:23:19 -0500 Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:11:42 -0500 > > Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...snip... > >> I've read the LKML FAQ regarding new driver submissions, but it implies > >> that the submitter b

Re: New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-15 Thread Jay Cliburn
Stephen Hemminger wrote: On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:11:42 -0500 Jay Cliburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...snip... I've read the LKML FAQ regarding new driver submissions, but it implies that the submitter be willing to maintain the driver, which I'm not qualified to do. I haven't contacted Attansi

New driver questions: Attansic L1 gigabit NIC

2006-08-13 Thread Jay Cliburn
I recently purchased an Asus M2V socket AM2 motherboard that comes with an onboard Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. The CD that came with the motherboard contains GPL'd driver source for the NIC. The driver builds, installs, and functions cleanly in Fedora Core 5. Despite the clear asser