Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Jan 2007 16:53 UTC, submitted by SEJeff
"Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example drivers in the Linux kernel source tree trying to determine which one is the closest to what you need to do. All that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how your device works, or the email address of an engineer that is willing to answer questions every once in a while. A few sample devices might be good to have so that debugging doesn't have to be done by email, but if necessary, that can be done."
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The spec might not be available as a separate document but be part of vendor internal documentation describing other details of the device.
Exactly, and it's easier to just give the developer access to those documents, rather than having someone write a spec. Or have him go through the internal documentation, removing the parts the company don't want public. It's both a costly process for the company. And it's likely the person(s) responsible will err on the caseous side and remove too much, making the spec lacking.
Using a NDA makes more sense not only from a busness and economical point of view, but also from an engineering viepoint.
Edited 2007-01-30 19:26