[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
