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Message-ID: <7b69d1470612221414h7bca6dd3x89f52be55a47746d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:14:41 -0600 From: "Scott Preece" <sepreece@...il.com> To: "Wolfgang Draxinger" <wdraxinger@...kstargames.de> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Rok Markovic" <kernel@...ardia.eu> Subject: Re: Binary Drivers On 12/22/06, Wolfgang Draxinger <wdraxinger@...kstargames.de> 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@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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