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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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