On 1/8/07, Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 1/8/07, dragoran <drago01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > On 1/4/07, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> And, what would a release be without features. We've identified > > >> 28 features that we'd like to include in the release, available > > >> at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/Features: > > > > > > Two more things: > > > > > > 1) Is there any plan to have some sort of Fedora recommends hardware > > > of manufacturer X,Y,Z? I'm not thinking of hardware certification, > > > just recommendations. I think this would be very beneficial. > > > > > we should create some sort of hw db where people can check which hw is > > supported by fedora and which not > That's great. I don't even ask for the word 'support' to be used, I > would be happy with: > > * works with clean fedora (no binary blob drivers or firmware required) > * works with non fedora worthy firmware > * works in Linux, but not Fedora ready (or clean enough) > * no idea > * doesn't work Who would compile and keep this up to date? Have you any idea of how many brands and models of different pieces are around?
The community would. For example: 1) I install F7 2) My tv card works immediately without any additional drivers 3) I pull the card info from available sources 4) I add it to the db if it isn't already there The process would just need to have to peer review/dispute Another exmaple: 1) I instal FC6 2) I try a sound interface card (Echo Gina 24) 3) I realise the drivers are in the FC6 kernel (gina24.ko) 4) I realise that I need firmware not availabe in the official fedora repos to get the device to work with alsa 5) I gather the info on the card (including the fac that it is a discontinued model) 6) I add it to the db if it isn't ther All I'm asking for a Fedora blessed infrastructure to be put in place, not for any one person to be responsible for populating it The benefit of this being that next time I'm buying hardware, I can scurry over to the db and check what the best options are. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
