On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 03:40:27PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Matthias Clasen (mclasen@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > I've added a section about hw requirements to the spec. It is a bit > > vague atm. Can we (and should we) make it more precise ? > > 'suitable graphics and display resolutions'. > > I would suggest at least: > - a graphics adapter with a KMS-capable driver That rules out supporting systems using the binary nvidia or AMD driver, which is something I can certainly get behind but may not be what people are aiming for. For instance, new hardware might be supported by the nvidia driver but not by nouveau - in that case the system will boot with efifb (not KMS capable) and then the user might install the binary nvidia driver. Is that a supported hardware configuration? > - a graphics adapter or adapter + CPU combo that supports <unspecified> > level of 3D rendering performance > > I believe this is a line we would draw in terms of what is > supported/recommended, but I don't know how you would write this in a > meaningful way that this could be applied. ajax almost certainly has opinions as to where the bar should be drawn here. > - 1024x768 resolution (or 1024x600?) > > Too conservative? Is anyone shipping anything below 1366x768 now? Probably worth checking what the requirements for the Windows hardware certification are. > - Input > > Do we require at least one PS/2 or USB input device, or will we work with > bluetooth-only or touchscreen-only devices? Where devices support the hid boot protocol over Bluetooth, and where we can deal with the handover between the firmware and a real driver, I think we should certainly aim to support that. We've talked about making efforts to support Apple hardware, and a lot of that tends to be bluetooth-only. Touchscreen-only sounds trickier. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
