From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:14:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:14:04 -0400 Received: from wiprom2mx1.wipro.com ([203.197.164.41]:62420 "EHLO wiprom2mx1.wipro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:13:55 -0400 Message-ID: <3BA1BC9F.59986B7A@wipro.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:45:27 +0530 From: "BALBIR SINGH" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Website with hardware tech. specs ? In-Reply-To: <20010914085438.A13292@stud.ntnu.no> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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. > > -- > Thomas > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; name="InterScan_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="InterScan_Disclaimer.txt" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to Wipro and/or its Customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at mailto:mailadmin@wipro.com and delete this mail from your records. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary--