Samsung documentation

[Andy Green]

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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> Andy,
> I just got this from Samsung:

>> We are very sorry, but we cannot provide your requested information
>> according to the company security policies.
>>
>> You are required to register with your company e-mail address to get
>> the requested information.

I think it means somebody or some script just filtered it on email
domain and said, "wah that is not a Tier 1 OEM I recognize".  But I
agree -->

> Not sure what to do next. I think for now we have to consider Samsung to
> have closed off documentation for their chips.
> I will try registering from a number of other e-mail accounts I have and
> report on the results.
> What should we do? Openmoko can get the documentation under NDA but that
> is not how we understand openess.
> Maybe we need to consider other chips?

Wah if it means to hobble the product because of this issue it is a
mistake.  It is just my opinion but if we don't have 2442 open docs
either but GTA02 exists.  If we make a less good product and it does
less well than we should, it means we can't win anywhere else, our voice
is muted or not heard on this issue anyway.

What we can do here is document code and create large comments to the
fullest extent of the letter of any agreement about that with Samsung.
Samsung provide drivers for most things already, it takes most of the
sting out IMO.

> I will try to get open documentation from Samsung, ideas welcome.

Your methods were eventually successful for NXP (impressively).

> P.S.: Is there any underground URL on the web where the docs are
> available? They used to be available broadly so I guess lots of people
> have them...

A quick google only found product briefs.

- -Andy
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