Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:43:38 -0800 From: "Freddie Cash" <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: "Tim Kientzle" <kientzle@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: i give up Message-ID: <b269bc570811301743n30ccee89sd5bc6974f81f5adc@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4932DD73.9000109@freebsd.org> References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <3cb459ed0811291342i524eaab3g1acadcd9cbdb638b@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0811291556g3f08a814td68466ad02dee4fc@mail.gmail.com> <200811291515.01962.beech@freebsd.org> <4932DD73.9000109@freebsd.org>
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On 11/30/08, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>>I have some ideas on that. The problem is it's sometimes hard to check >>>>that given hardware is supported by FreeBSD, even in case you know and >>>>want to do it. The list of supported hardware is often written in terms >>>>of chipsets and manufacturers often produce cards using supported chips, >>>>but named after their own trademark. > > I wonder if there's some way to partially automate > collecting some of this information. > > Something like a "register" program people can > use to register their FreeBSD installation that > would optionally include hardware information. > (Get a list of hardware IDs and running drivers > from the kernel, then prompt the user to enter > the actual hardware manufacturer/brand name for > each one.) Look for bsdstats in the ports tree, which does all of the above. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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