[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[max reid]

On Jan 29, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Lincoln Dale (ltd) wrote:

> Rubens,
>
>>> No. It is a linux kernel. The core system management & HA
>>> infrastructure is taken from SAN-OS (ie MDS) with Ethernet L2 & L3
>>> functionality laid on top.
>>
>> As the Linux kernel and some code commonly used on embedded Linux
>> devices are GPL'ed, what is the URL for the part of the code that
>> Cisco is now publishing to comply with the GPL license ?
>
> there are no modifications to the standard linux kernel so it complies
> with the GPL.
>
> the system runs on top of Linux, but it doesn't have to, nothing is
> specific to Linux.

Agreed.  Probably doing something very similar to what F5 is doing.  
The "magic" code is just a giant driver with priority of RT ;-)

~Max





>
>
> cheers,
>
> lincoln.
>
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