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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: AHA-2940 SCSI adapter Date: 15 May 1995 16:39:25 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3p803t$da5@helena.MT.net> References: <3njpbb$h32@anshar.shadow.net> <3nl6o0$80o@serpens.rhein.de> <3opmtj$fec@enigma.uniserve.com> <MICHAELV.95May12222347@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <MICHAELV.95May12222347@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>, Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> wrote: > >>Any ETA on when this driver will be supported in NetBSD? > > FreeBSD has a driver. All that is required is that someone > port the driver to NetBSD. > >But, if you port the FreeBSD (or Linux) driver, you will have to >maintain it yourself -- it won't be able to go in the true NetBSD >distribution, since both drivers have GNU-copylefted code in them. Nope, the FreeBSD driver is now distributed with a BSD copyright after the original author gave permission to the FreeBSD maintainer because of his contributions to the code. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | work #: (406) 449-7662 | Loving life in God's country, the great state of home #: (406) 443-7063 | Montana.