From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762317AbXF0SnV (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:43:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754358AbXF0SnO (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:43:14 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:57845 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753806AbXF0SnN (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:43:13 -0400 Subject: Re: NDAs - ANY KNOWN RULES? From: Arjan van de Ven To: hermann pitton Cc: Daniel Barkalow , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, video4linux-list@redhat.com, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org In-Reply-To: <1182968914.5259.24.camel@pc08.localdom.local> References: <1182902611.7876.11.camel@pc06.localdom.local> <1182905439.7479.2.camel@pc08.localdom.local> <1182911833.3201.0.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1182968914.5259.24.camel@pc08.localdom.local> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:41:56 -0700 Message-Id: <1182969716.2718.3.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 (2.10.2-2.fc7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 20:28 +0200, hermann pitton wrote:\ > Sorry, my question is, where one can look up if the pinning of a newer > chip we support is also only under NDA available. Previously often at > least that was public. (examples now saa7131e, tda10046a, tda8275ac1) > If I don't find anything on the web, whom I have to ask that question, > the NDA holder, the manufacturer both are good choices, the NDA holder may have the right contacts for this, since if you ask a manufacturer you often get "the person who picks up the phone", who might have no idea what you're talking about and just gives you a BS answer to get rid of you. The NDA holder often knows the right people... -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org