On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 07:00:18PM -0400, Corey Osgood wrote: > Afaik, the docs I've got on this chipset (vt8237r) are not covered > under any sort of NDA, there is no watermark or other indication > that they are.
Thanks for confirming that! > The server that I found them on is accessible through Google, and > they've been there for quite a while, so Via has obviously not > cared enough to have the owner take them down. Unfortunately that may not be how legal departments reason, had it been a document covered by an NDA. :( > Personally, I don't see why sucking up to a hardware vendor for > non-confidential datasheets is necessary. It isn't! I just wanted to remind everyone to stay aware of the pitfalls. > I have personally contacted Via 3 times now about datasheets for > different chipsets, and never been given a response, and 2 other > people who I've given this datasheet to said the same thing. That's bad. Maybe they're only easy to work with if there's a company involved. > With my most recent attempt, I let them know both about Magden's > product, and about the potential for enthusiasts to purchase newer > products instead of having to stick with older ones should they > want to use LinuxBIOS (this was my personal case). Still no word. I'm sure all documentation will be readily available for the taker of the CN700 port. > If they practically give them away, I'm practically Brad Pitt! Hehe. You got the point at least. Sorry for over-dramatizing. :) > But, in the true spirit of I-don't-wanna-piss-anyone-off, I will > stop distributing them, and I won't commit back any code I may > write until after I've been (if I ever am) given the docs > officially by Via. That wasn't my intention at all, I just wanted to post a reminder that it's important to be careful. //Peter -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
