[Info-vax] [OT] Raspberry Pi, was: Re: Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Simon Clubley]

On 2018-01-16, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> On 2018-01-14, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>
>> I understand what you are saying, but there's no reason why it
>> couldn't be both. It's especially annoying because some of the
>> other low cost and small form factor boards also come with poor
>> documentation (for example, the Allwinner based boards I have
>> looked at.)
>
> Hasn't it ever been thus, with a disconnect between the hardware guys
> and software guys?
>

Sadly, yes. However some organisations are better at this than others.

> Have you let the Pi folks know about this?  As I mentioned, from the
> video Eben Upton is a self admitted software guy who didn't realise that
> so many would be interested in the hardware side of things.  It's
> possible that he didn't ask for public documentation simply because he
> didn't realise there would be a demand for it.
>

_Many_ other people appear to have gone down this path before me.

In the case of the USB controller, it appears that Broadcom bought in
the USB controller for their MCU from a third party but with conditions
attached which means they cannot redistribute the documentation freely.

Simon.

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