From: "BALBIR SINGH" <balbir.singh@wipro.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Website with hardware tech. specs ?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:45:27 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BA1BC9F.59986B7A@wipro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010914085438.A13292@stud.ntnu.no>
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I would love to see this.
Balbir
Thomas Langås wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Today, there's no "one place" where you can get tech. specs, and a lot of
> companies hesitates to even put them online. Needless to say, this is a
> problem when you want to write drivers, and/or fix drivers.
>
> What I'm thinking of, is creating a website, where the hardware creators can
> supply details; upload tech. specs, write contact info, etc. And, developers
> can browse this database. I was thinking of a solution where the hardware
> creators could choose weither or not they wanted to make tech. specs.
> public, and if they didn't a developer needed to tell the manufacturer that
> he was interessted, and then the manufacturer could give needed access to
> specs, and if nescesseray send the needed hardware to write a driver.
>
> Is this a silly idea? Do you think anyone will use such a site? My idea
> was to centralize tech. specs, to make it easier to browse them.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-14 8:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-14 6:54 Website with hardware tech. specs ? Thomas Langås
2001-09-14 8:15 ` BALBIR SINGH [this message]
2001-09-15 12:14 ` Karel Kulhavy
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