Hi Lasse, The manpages for the supported drivers frequently (if not always) contain the names of supported and/or tested hardware.
>----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- >Van: Leonardo Rodrigues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Verzonden: maandag, april 10, 2006 08:53 AM >Aan: 'Lasse Bach' >CC: misc@openbsd.org >Onderwerp: Re: OpenBSD recommendations on HW > >Here's a quote from the FAQ: >"Other manufacturers, such as Broadcom, Texas Instruments and >Connexant have actively fought our attempts to develop free drivers >for their products. We encourage you to respect their wishes by not >buying their products. Realtek, Ralink, Atmel, and ADMtek make good >products and support the open source community's desire for free >drivers, and have earned our support and business." > >There may be more though... > >On 4/10/06, Lasse Bach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm considering buying a wireless ethernet adapter for an OpenBSD box. >> If course I have checked which cards are supported by OpenBSD. >> >> But I think it would be nice if the OpenBSD developers would setup a page >> telling which hardware the developers recommends in terms of that the >> manufactures have released documentation for the hardware. >> >> I personnaly would prefer hardware from vendors who release >> documentation for >> their hardware. >> >> I have no idea if this takes too much work, or if anyone even likes the >> idea. >> >> But it would also shed some light on which manufactures are releasing >> hardware >> documentation for their products, and who isn't. >> >> >> >> Lasse Bach
