Re: lcs ethernet driver source

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Ulrich Weigand wrote:

> 
> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> >I tried to find the source for the lcs and qeth ethernet drivers for IBM's
> >S390 architecture, so I could recompile the kernel. However I seem to not
> be
> >able to find the source of these. Does anyone have a URL handy for this ?
> >(I wonder why these aren't in Linus or Alan's tree like most of the other
> >s390 patches)
> 
> Sorry, at this point we are not allowed to publish the source code of the
> lcs and qeth drivers (due to the use of confidential hardware interface
> specifications).  We make those modules available only in binary form
> on our developerWorks web site.
> 
Gosh. I didn't know you guys were so advanced that you didn't use
an electronic hardware interface! Your 'hardware interface specifications'
use magnetohydrodynamics, and they are top-secret, right?

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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