Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:16:28 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@free.fr>, Diego Depaoli <trebestie@gmail.com>, Mark Powell <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 780G chipset major issues 3/3 (btx) Message-ID: <20090407151628.GA46038@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <a333b2be0904070759q73e709eds78b1a7b9dab7319e@mail.gmail.com> References: <83e5fb980904061402q73940f8at4ec4b8f821354320@mail.gmail.com> <200904062321.47691.thierry.herbelot@free.fr> <20090407095804.G8569@rust.salford.ac.uk> <a333b2be0904070759q73e709eds78b1a7b9dab7319e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:59:17AM -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Some Linux distributions are requesting permission after an install to send > a hardware profile to their official site . > > By collecting and using such profile values a data base may be constructed > by FreeBSD . > > By studying that data base FreeBSD users may get information about next > hardware selections . > > When an installation detects a problem about a hardware part it may also > be sent to that data base to evaluate to its reasons . > > Hardware manufacturers may check that data base for possible utilization > of data for their next product designs . > > That data base may be an incentive to hardware producers to support FreeBSD > and be known by FreeBSD users . > > Thank you very much . > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Look at sysutils/bsdstats. - Justin
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