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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:03:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: lcs ethernet driver source
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, David Woodhouse wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > > Sorry, at this point we are not allowed to publish the source code of the
> > > lcs and qeth drivers (due to the use of confidential hardware interface
> > > specifications).  We make those modules available only in binary form
> > > on our developerWorks web site.
> > 
> > Is there any plan to change this ? 
> 
> Erm, Linux on S/390 runs as a virtual machine, doesn't it? Does a lack of 
> network drivers not render it completely useless?

It can run as a virtual machine under VM. It can also run native directly
on the (LPAR) hardware.

john