Re: RFC: Network Device Driver Group proposal

Luis R. Rodriguez [off-list ref] :
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on drivers. Basically I feel we are doing great but we're lacking that
*corporate* entity any commercial operating system has. Who do
manufacturers seek out to provide/sell source base/NDA's to so that a
driver can be written for our OS? No one... On behalf of who does a
kernel hacker send out an e-mail to a company requesting specs to write
a driver? The DRI/Xfree86 project have an advantage because of this -- 
they represent a group who has done tons of great work and companies 
tend to trust groups more than individuals. Of course, many companies

May I suggest the following thread on dri-devel:

From: Dax Kelson <redacted>
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 15:32:13 -0600
Subject: [Dri-devel] Docs for R300/350 now R420 chips out?

I enjoy working on drivers for which the datasheets are publically
available. I do not buy your "corporate" model at all.

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Having a central place for network drivers would be nice for bugtracking

bugzilla.kernel.org + google + testers harassment.

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Ueimor