[Info-vax] DFU for x86-64?

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu Apr 6 16:31:18 EDT 2023


On 4/6/2023 6:23 AM, Ian Miller wrote:
> On Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 6:58:02 AM UTC+1, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>> So, I guess the question is if there is someone else that would like
>> to pick up the DFU sources and try a x86 build...
> 
> Such are the risks of relying on freeware maintained by one person even if it is a useful too like DFU.

Such is the risk in life.

Oracle client is maintained by a 40 B$/yr 140000 employee
company. Still got dropped.

> IIRC Jur saved DFU by taking it over from the original author and improving it. Perhaps it's time again.

It would be nice if somebody could take over.

Even if the code could not be generally released then maybe someone
could get it under terms acceptable to all copyright owners.

Arne




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