From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] WRT54G Port?
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:10:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43CAE459.2080205@lanl.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <HOEHIDJJJINMLFPOLFJCCEJHDGAA.nigel@9fs.org>
Nigel Roles wrote:
> 9fans-bounces+ngr=9fs.org@cse.psu.edu wrote:
>
>>>Unfortunately, following version 5 of the WRT54G, it will no longer
>>>accept third party firmware as it is no longer a Linux-driven device.
>>
>>what do they use now?
>
>
> VxWorks according to Wikipedia, which is never wrong. The v5 WRT54G is
> VxWorks, but you can buy a v4 Linux version as a WRT54GL. I'd heard a rumour
> that they were dumping Linux in favour on VxWorks, so perhaps this is what
> is was based on. I note (with amusement) that the WRT54G now needs less RAM.
>
>
>
and, well, I wonder how much a company like that enjoyed releasing its
software as required by GPL.
I expect to see more of this in coming years, as people start to really
deal with the implications of GPL code. It will be interesting to see
what they decide.
ron
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-16 0:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-15 1:11 Lyndon Nerenberg
2006-01-15 1:46 ` geoff
2006-01-15 5:27 ` zuzu
2006-01-15 6:37 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-15 20:57 ` Charles Forsyth
2006-01-15 21:14 ` Nigel Roles
2006-01-16 0:10 ` Ronald G Minnich [this message]
2006-01-16 0:16 ` Charles Forsyth
2006-01-16 1:33 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-16 1:44 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-01-16 2:00 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-16 2:46 ` Christopher Nielsen
2006-01-16 3:12 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-01-16 4:00 ` Dan Cross
2006-01-16 4:45 ` [9fans] " Uriel
2006-01-16 9:19 ` Bruce Ellis
2006-01-15 21:17 ` [9fans] " Taj Khattra
2006-01-16 12:50 Brantley Coile
2006-01-16 13:13 ` Bruce Ellis
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