CONEXANT HSF WINMODEM

[Dimitrios P. Bouras]

Nick Apostolakis wrote:
>
 > i etairia den symperiferthike entima xrisimopoiwntas tin koimotita tou linux
> gia na apoktisei ypostasi kai vasi xristwn kai molis epiase ligo na kleisei tous
> drivers gia na vgalei fraga.

  Mou kanei entypwsh pou ta bazete me kapoion (Linuxant)
  pou prosferetai na paragei drivers gia ena proion tou opoiou
  h kataskeuastria etairia (Conexant) -- poso mallon h etairia
  pou ftaxnei to forhto -- *DEN* krinei shmantiko na yposthri3ei
  to Linux.  Me to na dwsei kapoios sth Linuxant molis 1 eurw
  kai oktw lepta to mhna, to epanalambanw, apolambanei
  drivers upgrades gia enan oloklhro xrono.

  Ws pros thn entimothta h mh ths Linuxant, pisteuw oti polla
  epixeirhmata mporoume na broume kai gia th mia kai gia thn
  alla pleura. Bebaia sa gnhsioi neoellhnes aspazomaste amesws
  th 8ewria ths synomosias, oti dhladh doliws "xrhsimopoihsan
  thn koinothta tou Linux gia na apokthsoun ypostash kai bash
  xrhstwn" kai meta "mas poulhsan". 3ekiname panta kako-
  proaireta. Siga mhn pistepsoume auta pou grafoun sto site
  tous... xa! De mas pianoun koroida emas! (kounia pou mas
  kounage...)

  Den 3erw an exei perasei apo to myalo sas, alla gia na er8ei
  ekeinh h mera pou to CD tou kataskeuasth 8a exei kai ola ta
  kernel modules gia Linux, kapoios prepei na grapsei to software
  gia to hardware twn etaireiwn pou den parexoun documentation
  me skopo na apofygoun nomikes peripeteies ypo8esewn pou
  aforoun se patentes (allwn, ennoeitai). Duo tropoi yparxoun,
  a) reverse engineering, kai b) mia "Linuxant". O prwtos tropos
  einai dokimasmenos kai exei apoferei polla sthn koinothta tou
  Linux, alla einai dyskolos kai ws ek toutou argos. O deuteros
  tropos kata th gnwmh mou syndyazei polla kala:

  1. parexei ston teliko xrhsth lysh amesws kai me mhdamino
     kostos
  2. kanei th zhthsh gia Linux modules orath kai metrhsimh
  3. dhmiourgei etaireies (apo to "0") kai dinei douleia se
     programmatistes
  4. odhgei me ma8hmatikh akribeia sthn enswmatwsh twn
     modules sto teliko proion

  To (4) einai kata thn tapeinh mou gnwmh o stoxos. Yparxei poly
  "open" hardware, alla otidhpote einai "cutting edge" 8a einai
  panta "closed" kai "proprietary". Exete allh lysh; Na thn akousoume.

  Dhmhtrhs