Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:14:41 -0600 | From | "Scott Preece" <> | Subject | Re: Binary Drivers |
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On 12/22/06, Wolfgang Draxinger <wdraxinger@darkstargames.de> wrote: > Am Freitag, 22. Dezember 2006 20:22 schrieb Rok Markovic: > > Hi! > > > > Maybe this does not belong to this thread, but I am wondering why > > manufactorers doesn't want to release specifications about drivers.... > > You're not alone, I think everybody who knows, how things in a > computer work shares this view. ---
Two of the specific arguments I've heard are (a) that the board (and its hardware interfaces that the documentation would describe) involve IP licensed from a third party, which the board manufacturer does not have a legal right to disclose, or (b) that there is, in fact, no suitable documentation, because the boards are developed somewhat fluidly and the driver is developed directly from low-level knowledge that simply isn't written down in a form suitable for passing on.
If you're building products with no expectation of supporting outside driver developers, both of those are quite possible.
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