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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 00:11:43 -0300 From: "Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@....utfsm.cl> To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu Cc: Marek Wawrzyczny <marekw1977@...oo.com.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote: > On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:34:54 +1100, Marek Wawrzyczny said: [...] > > Perhaps we just report on the individual devices then... forget the system > > rating. > OK, *that* I see as potentially useful - I frequently get handed older > boxen with strange gear == gear for which there is probably no documentation at all > in them, and need a way to figure out if I want to > install software, LiveCD of your choice... > or cannibalize it for parts. Also helpful if a buddy has > a Frankintel box they build, and they want to know if they can install > something other than Windows.... Same as above. > Bonus points if it sees a card that has a known out-of-tree driver and > tells you where to find it and what its license status is (I just went > down that road with an Intel 3945)... If in-tree driver is already a challange, out-of-tree is hopeless. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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