thanks. the FAQ entry is probably out of date, we have had some better information. But we didn't have that recent a 686A datasheet. So, anyway, which values were a problem? Mikko Tuumanen wrote: > > Hello. > > A couple of weeks ago I tried lm_sensors and none of few of the values > made any sense. > > Then I read the FAQ and did as it said: I asked Via to release a better > datasheet. First they asked me to sign a NDA, but when I refused, they > sent me a datasheet. > > Being a little sceptic, I doubt the datasheet will help very much. > If I could get it by simply sending a couple of emails, you probably > have gotten it the same way too. > > But here it is anyway. > > You should add this incident to the faq, so that you don't get the same > pdf mailed to you again and again :-) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:19:45 +1000 > From: Fiona Gatt <fiona.gatt at viaarena.com> > To: 'Mikko Tuumanen' <m at sorvankyla.yok.utu.fi> > Subject: RE: Bad readings from the VIA 686A! > > Hi Mikko, > > It is just company policy. But I have received permission to provide it > to you without any NDA. Please find the datasheet attached. > > Regards > > Fiona Gatt > VIA Arena Team > Web Media Liaison > VIA Technologies, Inc. > www.viaarena.com > www.viatech.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikko Tuumanen [mailto:m at sorvankyla.yok.utu.fi] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 4:10 PM > To: Fiona Gatt > Subject: RE: Bad readings from the VIA 686A! > > > Could you please complete the attached NDA and email a scanned copy of > > You obviously didn't get it. > > Please read the page > http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/lm_sensors2/doc/lm_sensors-FAQ.html# > Section%204.17 > again. > > lm_sensors is Free Software (sometimes referred to as Open Source). If > one > does sign a NDA, then how is he or she supposed to be able to release > the > source, when the NDA probably forbids it? > > Please release the datasheet without the NDA. > > Your competitors are not going to reverse engineer the HDL code of your > chip from the datasheet :-) What are you afraid of anyway? > > > Name: VT82C686A SB datasheet rev 1.8.pdf > VT82C686A SB datasheet rev 1.8.pdf Type: Portable Document Format (APPLICATION/PDF) > Encoding: BASE64 > Download Status: Not downloaded with message
