Hmm.., the Hardware Specs section looks like it could (and should) fill
this need -- although its a bit barren at the moment.
Can I just start posting docs, or giving them to you? How do we start
populating it?
-- Garrett
Michelle Olson wrote:
> 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
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