From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sun Oct 7 23:58:02 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AD3810AC766 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2018 23:58:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: from mail-io1-xd2a.google.com (mail-io1-xd2a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE22B71718 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2018 23:58:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wlosh@bsdimp.com) Received: by mail-io1-xd2a.google.com with SMTP id t7-v6so14553279ioj.13 for ; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:58:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=I4fpBnNBP//niYXSxvn3FRwi9Nt6DSoGhqJnEzCdeMw=; b=Pky7zQSEEdz4l4oy4aYpdAi3I0YeEC+7otn8RRl3eJiZ7w1B4kYdPbxAFnt+P812Tu L2qSC8Rijo3XRZMKA/jduIS0HaUgWXfO7mJhP885lwf304EGB2dR5P8z0P7DnZG/9ien tRe9psbKxIeBmwGm/bbb4jwwNGSqliTfaC16HVWOGJCuSdjyHYKCX/RhG3TZs0XGRG1c NFJhhi5nP3JB1sENvcnkjt7fmqwSMFFhXMz9VDkhkmxHhHoG5qmKQzJbXy+EHfcSpowO jlwpgBV7ud6CI+EG5POu5TXruPYsfuxMfZ5mYQiXfvD/V0RFlMZ1bHC6DtWOH3Wxjkds 3Erw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=I4fpBnNBP//niYXSxvn3FRwi9Nt6DSoGhqJnEzCdeMw=; b=iq71VeIvwRLx5Xf4h9nyPUsNrBVUec88kQE4VumI9QlJ4AeUn7yXX0jEc1sLJjx+Gi uFJ0WkK+UOKmKerFs4TnSR63lQamA7z4umQpYNTQ8eCceBk9TYEajP1xxtzPKwo0tb8q iwPo/DrIqcEKpYa2PIEks3IhcLIoNJnSphUfVkO9tnLUhvfCyD+0ZZl+sQsD6Kqc+QPe Jb6p7RAPqR/lGIkg6VcA4M+C0j+s+usuXqty8TS7dT1/StiKMT6vZYG05STI1hsOesfa Amy0+FNPFlxoqGO/FEYcctwKgkrf8g9yDg96asQZ/pCYPlG19c9Of7UqJ0q0nLzvjjIO VRcQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfojfgmprNfvdDfm2gMwjSVSb6vRHcLrIHY8yzaVGu97N3lkcyWSs 6xBAR2rzSh7Vjc3/UO33UbI1sXvZ3VqbA38+uTitEb3z X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV62yT7wUtxraJTI+C+LV4y2DM/0TlsFW0WRwfgia4Gw2Aipq888ojoq3qUFK2S3kcgQXZjrUItTVRAwSGlVy0vo= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:d004:: with SMTP id x4-v6mr13747658ioa.299.1538956680959; Sun, 07 Oct 2018 16:58:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <0ca6d0d5-4e18-adbe-8b33-090d6ef66067@codelibre.net> In-Reply-To: <0ca6d0d5-4e18-adbe-8b33-090d6ef66067@codelibre.net> From: Warner Losh Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 17:57:49 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: dmesg submission service -- please submit today To: rleigh@codelibre.net Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2018 23:58:02 -0000 On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 5:45 PM Roger Leigh wrote: > On 07/10/2018 05:40, Warner Losh wrote: > > >> I'd like to request as many people as possible submit > >> their current dmesg to the service at > http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi so > >> that we have a better basis for future preliminary lists of drivers for > >> other parts of the tree. > > > This one-liner works to submit, though you'll need to change username, > > email and maybe tweak the description if your system doesn't have decent > > smbios entries. It's also x86 centric, since other systems won't have > this > > information as readily available. > > Out of interest, has FreeBSD considered implementing an equivalent of > Debian's "popularity-contest" package, which periodically submits > anonymised lists of installed packages? On FreeBSD this could be from > the pkg database, and could also include hardware information. > > In Debian, it's opt-in at install time, or installable afterward. If > FreeBSD had a similar package and installer opt-in, this could > potentially provide useful usage statistics without any privacy concerns. > We've talked about that, but haven't implemented it. I'd like to figure out how we can send anonymized structured data about the system, including hardware and software installed. bsdstats kinda sorts did something like this, but their data is unavailable (which is what motivated my current experiment). Warner