Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753046AbWLVWOo (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:14:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753056AbWLVWOo (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:14:44 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:41124 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752910AbWLVWOn (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:14:43 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PmLWhhh2LDWdO+nwYpdxB5QpnqLMqHSh1lvQ394HnsRFMzSTsKTFKIOiUjTnq114xyPXJIlqS6eBhYZ/rin+dvqEQRogFN9PulM2GFtwNgVvctzidddUOCwNxz5bw6ic7fdjTHy9QZtlpd7swAtN51WQm0y8SJAl7Cy42gfiqT0= Message-ID: <7b69d1470612221414h7bca6dd3x89f52be55a47746d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:14:41 -0600 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Wolfgang Draxinger" Subject: Re: Binary Drivers Cc: LKML , "Rok Markovic" In-Reply-To: <200612222300.17463.wdraxinger@darkstargames.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <34142027@web.de> <458C308D.6070606@kanardia.eu> <200612222300.17463.wdraxinger@darkstargames.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1245 Lines: 28 On 12/22/06, Wolfgang Draxinger wrote: > Am Freitag, 22. Dezember 2006 20:22 schrieb Rok Markovic: > > Hi! > > > > Maybe this does not belong to this thread, but I am wondering why > > manufactorers doesn't want to release specifications about drivers.... > > You're not alone, I think everybody who knows, how things in a > computer work shares this view. --- Two of the specific arguments I've heard are (a) that the board (and its hardware interfaces that the documentation would describe) involve IP licensed from a third party, which the board manufacturer does not have a legal right to disclose, or (b) that there is, in fact, no suitable documentation, because the boards are developed somewhat fluidly and the driver is developed directly from low-level knowledge that simply isn't written down in a form suitable for passing on. If you're building products with no expectation of supporting outside driver developers, both of those are quite possible. scott - 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/