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Motorola Technical Documents for MESH Products?

Posted by Cliff on from the search-for-tech-specs dept.

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."

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  1. MOD PARENT UP by dch24 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    More than just "what he said:" as a kernel driver developer (linux) and as a professional working in just about any related field, there are a couple of huge holes in the way things are done right now.

    A lot of good hardware is left on the shelf when I'm buying. Because if it doesn't have an open source driver (even a wrapper with a link-in binary portion a la nVidia) I make it a point not to buy it. I'll just regret it later, even if I'm just RFP for my employer (large government organization that buys hundreds of units). They'll come back to me later and say either "we decided to switch to linux" or "can you help us debug such-and-such obscure problem with hardware" ... if it doesn't have published driver source, that's already a bad sign.

    Although I'm fine with source most of the time, sometimes I need a tech spec in addition to the source code. (sound drivers especially)