Quoting Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > it seems we finally have achieved our goal of active vendor > participation, that is, we don't have to beg for data sheets anymore, > but vendors come to us with code and ask how they can help us. > > That's really great! > > Here's a preliminary non-exhaustive list of code areas and involved > vendors (additions/corrections welcome): > > Processors: > - AMD contributes code > > North-/Southbridges: > - AMD contributes code > - SiS contributes code > > Super I/Os: > - Winbond has offered help > > Flash chips: > - Macronix has offered help > > The "fast feedback, fast commit" way of dealing with code contributions > has been very successful since we practice it, so I'd like to continue > that way. > > That leaves us with the task to formalize (or at least establish > guidelines for) contacts with vendors who have offered help. > Suggestions: > * Single point of contact which will not bounce/reject mail and > guarantees speedy and/or confidential response. > * E-mail address should be @linuxbios.org and forward to a unmoderated, > spam-filtered, non-public list. > * Once somebody of us picks up the vendor contact, he will continue with > it or delegate explicitly. > * Do we want to give vendors a telephone number for further inquiries? > * Do we want to keep a list of the locations where we live/work (no > precise address, only area)? > > Reasons why I raised the last two points: I have gotten inquiries from a > vendor who would like to meet us face-to-face or at least organize a > conference call to better understand our mission and how to help us. > That's great and I'd like to tell them: "Yes, we care, we can set up > something." > > Regards, > Carl-Daniel > That's great. We should add something like this to a vender contacts wiki page. I think it should be up to each vender contact on what information is shared. Especially since the web is public access.
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