Hi all,
I'm looking at the SFP+ card for the ROACH 2 board. It appears to use a Vitesse
8488 PHY chip. The Vitesse folks say I need to sign a non-disclosure agreement
(NDA) to read the data sheet.
It seems like a big problem to use a chip with secrets in its data sheet in a
board for an open hardware platform. Which is to say, I will have a hard
discussing the merits of using this part with my coworkers (or anyone else on
the CASPER list) unless they sign the NDA as well.
Thoughts?
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