Yes, just send them to me so we (me, you, and Nacho) can have a conversation to be sure we're on the same page WRT copyright and policy. Then we can start populating. Thanks for your interest in building out this project!
-Michelle Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Hmm.., the Hardware Specs section looks like it could (and should) > fill this need -- although its a bit barren at the moment. > > Can I just start posting docs, or giving them to you? How do we start > populating it? > > -- Garrett > > Michelle Olson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm not sure if data sheets fit into this model, but we do have a >> repository for similar technical content here: >> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/muskoka/ >> Let me know if you'd like to make use of this exiting project or join >> in. >> >> Regards, >> Michelle >> >> Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2008 6:15 PM, Garrett D'Amore <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> It occurs to me that many things are often written for OpenSolaris, >>> using data sheets which may be public. However, it is not >>> uncommon for >>> chip vendors to remove or relocate data sheets such that the data >>> sheet >>> used to write a driver vanishes after some time. >>> >>> I think it would be very useful to have a public repository of data >>> sheets which were obtained publicly (without any click thru >>> agreements >>> or such, and certainly not under NDA!) and which were used in >>> Solaris >>> device drivers so that future maintainers can be assured of having >>> reference materials available when possible. >>> >>> >>> this would be useful not only for opensolaris but for a lot of other >>> opensource projects, perhaps we should also talk to the *bsd >>> community and set up something together? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I actually have such data sheets for a few of the parts whose >>> drivers >>> I've worked on, and I'd be happy to start such a repository. >>> >>> What do folks think? And how would these best be handled? As a >>> project >>> underneath the device-drivers community, perhaps? >>> >>> -- Garrett >>> >>> >>> nacho >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ogb-discuss mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss >>> >> > _______________________________________________ driver-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/driver-discuss
