linux-kernel - Re: free tg3 ethernet driver

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Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:36:57 +0200
From:	Davi Leal <davi@...ls.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gnuherds-app-dev@...gnu.org
Subject: Re: free tg3 ethernet driver

Alan Cox wrote:
> Well if you want to write new firmware for the device you'll need to
> reverse engineer the chip internals or convince Broadcom to document them
> for you. I suspect you'll have to get to the point of xraying the
> component slice by slice and need a multi-million dollar budget.

People position seem to be continue to pledge to pay $151 to the developer(s) 
(even if it's Broadcom in case they apply to the pledge system) who provide a 
free driver for tg3 devices.
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