Hi, I'm not sure if data sheets fit into this model, but we do have a repository for similar technical content here: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/muskoka/ Let me know if you'd like to make use of this exiting project or join in.
Regards, Michelle Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: > > > On Jan 10, 2008 6:15 PM, Garrett D'Amore <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > It occurs to me that many things are often written for OpenSolaris, > using data sheets which may be public. However, it is not > uncommon for > chip vendors to remove or relocate data sheets such that the data > sheet > used to write a driver vanishes after some time. > > I think it would be very useful to have a public repository of data > sheets which were obtained publicly (without any click thru agreements > or such, and certainly not under NDA!) and which were used in Solaris > device drivers so that future maintainers can be assured of having > reference materials available when possible. > > > this would be useful not only for opensolaris but for a lot of other > opensource projects, perhaps we should also talk to the *bsd community > and set up something together? > > > > > I actually have such data sheets for a few of the parts whose drivers > I've worked on, and I'd be happy to start such a repository. > > What do folks think? And how would these best be handled? As a > project > underneath the device-drivers community, perhaps? > > -- Garrett > > > nacho > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss > _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
