Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 19th Mar 2005 05:03 UTC
With the recent push from OpenBSD to open firmwares to redistribution as well as obtaining new documentation for several wireless chipsets it would seem OpenBSD is pushing for other areas to open up as well.
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nxt:
a prominent example for the problem you don't understand is the intel centrino chipset.
they save money by implementing a lot of stuff in software. so if they want you to write your own driver you'd need to know those software tricks they have to get the hw working.
i can see why they don't want to give their competitors that info, but hey information wants to be free
those vendors sell "windows-hardware" and should label them accordingly. read: they don't want your money.