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Motorola Technical Documents for MESH Products?
jstrzalko asks: "Hello everyone! I am trying to port some MESH networks products to Linux, and am having a hard time tracking down the documents I need. No one at Motorola can seem to help me. Does anyone have access to the MN2064a data sheet (probably about 100 pages) or the interface document for the Motorola WMC6300? Any help would be greatly appreciated."
He needs detailed technical specs, not a 2 page sales puff sheet. I know the link said datasheet, but did you take the time to actually download it and take a look?
That said, I doubt that he'll find what he's looking for online. Every wireless chip I've seen required a qualification and a signed non-desclosure before you could get tech info.
Good luck anyway.
"Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
I used to work for Motorola, in a group that developed various bits of software (microcode, drivers, etc.) for DSP chips mostly. We had trouble getting specs for anything. Their document management was terrible/nonexistent. Most of the time, we didn't even know who to call to ask who might have said documentation. Yeah, we didn't accomplish much.
Supposedly it was all Motorola Israel's fault. They were the ones who developed the chips, and then never released any specs to anyone...
While I am not particularly interested in the specific answer, I am quite interested in the methods other slashdotters would know to get at information of this sort. I doubt I am the only one who clicked upon the discussion for that reason.
That's why we come to ask slashdot; to see a discussion and pool general knowledge. If the answer turns out to be 'Sorry dude,' then even that tells me something.
As far as the question in point, [thinly veiled attempt not to get modded 'offtopic'] all I can suggest is looking into finding tech specs on other hardware your thing gets plugged into.