Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:51:04 +0300
From: SashaK <sashak@smlink.com>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
       Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GPL source code for Smart USB 56 modem (includes ALSA AC97 
 patch)
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 18:50:06 +0200
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:

> The good news is that there a completely GPL'ed, source-complete
> driver already in the 2.6 kernel, sound/pci/intel8x0m.c, which will
> work with  the user-mode daemon found in the smlink.com distribution.
> This driver doesn't have all of the functionality of slamr driver
> (which requires the propietary, binary-only object file) --- most
> notably, ATM1 doesn't work when using the completely open-source
> intl8x0m driver.

Those functionality limitations in open source modem drivers are just
"unimplemented yet" stuff. The final goal is to replace proprietary
slamr driver completely.

Best Regards,
Sasha.
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