On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 18:40 -0500, Tommy Reynolds wrote: > Uttered Patrick Barnes <nman64@xxxxxxxxx>, spake thus: > > > Chidananda Jayakeerti wrote: > > >Is it possible to achieve an HCL for limited set of hardware, to begin > > >with. Servers and workstations can be a good start. We do not have to > > >maintain an exhaustive list of webcams' keyboards, printers > > >(linuxprinting does a good job) and mice etc. > > >We could also have several maintainers for the HCL based on categories. > > Trying, especially with a non-commercial project, to maintain any sort > > of HCL is a dangerous effort. Those writing the HCL will always be > > chasing the facts. Things simply change too rapidly. > > Well, that may be overstating things a bit. > > Consider: every X months (X=3 or so), a new FCn release is made with > a FINITE number of included device drivers. Currently we are in the > semi-ridiculous position of attempting to offer an operating system > without even an un-clear statement of what hardware that release > supports. I really think you completely underestimate the task just a single example - wireless cards are a particular bane as a manufacturers card will just change chipset with no other necessary difference. So a vendor/brandname wireless card can go from supported to unsupported depending on what "version" (usually invisible) you purchase. Sometimes you can differenciate between things like Made in X or Made in Y on the back of the card, but without full chipset info on the boxes having it's fruitless. > Now, there are actually only a handful or so of new devices added > between FC(n) and FC(n+1). But things change rapidly - eg support for synaptics/input devices does vary between kernel versions and also laptop models (some people seem to have quite odd issues) - again you need to have documented the touchpad chipset (ALPS/Synaptics) and against kernel, xorg driver and particular laptop quirks. > After the initial effort of producing the > first: > > Manufacturer,Device,(FCn version, tested date)* See above why this is impossible for some hardware to provide the user with any particularly meaningful data. Paul -- fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
