----- Original Message -----
>Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:15:46 -0800
>From: "Garrett D'Amore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: OpenSolaris Governing Board Discussions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>        [email protected]
>Subject: [driver-discuss] datasheet repository
>
>
>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?
>
+1
Good idea!

-masa
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