>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. > >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?
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