On Nov 10, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Manu Abraham wrote:

> In 2 cases where Broadcom was involved, even with a NDA in place, they ne=
ver provided any proper datasheets with register definitions

Ever try to get datasheets on a complex Intel chipset?  (xBridge or Etherne=
t are the ones I'm familiar with.)  They come with color-coded covers to in=
dicate their degree of NDA-ness=85

So perhaps Broadcom is just trying to keep up with "the way the big boys do=
 things."

(On the bright side, Intel's "fix" seems to be to provide open-source drive=
rs in leu of full chip docs, at least for Ethernet=85)

BillW


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