Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261398AbVBHCWh (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:22:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261420AbVBHCWh (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:22:37 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:50581 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261398AbVBHCWa (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:22:30 -0500 Message-Id: <200502080140.j181egW4030386@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: "Randy.Dunlap" cc: Chris Friesen , Lee Revell , Kyle Moffett , Pavel Roskin , Joseph Pingenot , Patrick Mochel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules In-Reply-To: Message from "Randy.Dunlap" of "Mon, 07 Feb 2005 08:55:42 -0800." <42079D8E.7020909@osdl.org> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:40:41 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1224 Lines: 28 "Randy.Dunlap" said: > Chris Friesen wrote: [...] > > If you look at the big chip manufacturers (TI, Maxim, Analog Devices, > > etc.) they publish specs on everything. It would be nice if others did > > the same. > One of the arguments that I have heard is fairly old and debatable as > well. This was the subject of a panel discussion at LWE in 2000 or > 2001, chaired by journalist Nicholas Petreley. The panel was composed > of vendors from (mostly) audio devices IIRC, but I'm not sure. A friend of mine got to sign an NDA for access to the official specs to a device. Turned out to be some handwritten sheets, scribbled over... Shame might have something to do too ;-) -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/