> > > > Code created by access to specs that were not allowed to be published in > > > > GPL form by someone who wants to remain anonymous. > > > > > > That anonymous person may have problems if they signed NDA. > > > > > > I don't think they did, they even list the sources: > > > > > > * The embedded controller on ThinkPad laptops has a non-standard > > > interface, * where LPC channel 3 of the H8S EC chip is hooked up to IO > > > ports * 0x1600-0x161F and implements (a special case of) the H8S LPC > > > protocol. * The EC LPC interface provides various system management > > > services (currently * known: battery information and accelerometer > > > readouts). This driver * provides access and mutual exclusion for the EC > > > interface. > > > * > > > * The LPC protocol and terminology is documented here: > > > * "H8S/2104B Group Hardware Manual", > > > * > > > http://documentation.renesas.com/eng/products/mpumcu/rej09b0300_2140bhm.pdf > > > > > > H8S chip seems to be documented. > > Hmm, the EC is not directly used, but ACPI functions of the HP device are > > used. > > For the HP ACPI device: the ACPI functions can *very easily* be re-engineered > > (which is common for all laptop_acpi.ko drivers): > > ALRD -> is used by the driver to read out registers of the accelerometer > > ALWR -> is used by the driver to write a registers of the accelerometer > > BTW: HP likes to have support for their device. > > > > The acceleromter chip itself is docuemented in detail here: > > http://www.st.com/stonline/products/literature/ds/12094/lis3lv02dl.pdf > > > > I also do not see any concerns. > > Greg: Can you please add this one or explain in more detail what else you like > > to see to get this integerated. > > If you, or anyone else, writes a new driver from the published > documents, that driver can be accepted. It can not be based on the > existing code written by Shem in any form. Can you detail what "published" means? Either I can take his sources on sourceforge.net (quite well known place, right) as published information, or I could not use other well known sources such as wikipedia. Sources on sourceforge.net seem published-enough to me, and if you insist they can't be used, you should provide some reasons... [And no, just calling it "tainted" is not enough.] Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
