linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][resubmit] HP iLO driver

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Date:	Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:32:26 -0700
From:	"Ray Lee" <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	"Altobelli, David" <david.altobelli@...com>,
	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"greg@...ah.com" <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][resubmit] HP iLO driver

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM,  <david@...g.hm> wrote:
>> The message packets and documention are owned by hardware teams,
>> and they currently do not want to make that documentation public.
>
> umm, by merging the code a you reveal a lot of what they are attempting to
> keep secret. what's to stop someone from reading the code and writing the
> documentation?

I don't think you've read their driver. It presents barely more
structure to userspace than read and write.
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