Date: Mon, 27 May 96 22:43:12 -0400 From: "Francisco Reyes" <reyes01@ibm.net> To: "FreeBSD doc Mailing list" <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: What to include in hardware compatibility list? Message-ID: <199605300335.DAA28307@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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I would like to get some suggestions on what we should include in a hardware compatibility list for the handbook. After some emails with John Fieber I reached the conclusion that there are many ways that such list could be compiled. One possible approach is to simply have a list of hardware that works with FreeBSD without any special installation procedures. This does not mean that later on we could include other hardware. The possible advantages of this method is that we won't need to ask to many questions to the people filling the forms and that we could get a list compiled sooner. Another approach is to try to have a more comprehensive questionaire with a few more questions and perhaps have a "note" section for hardware pieces that work with FreeBSD, but that need some changes to the standard installation. With this approach we could also ask what is computer used for such as FTP or WWW server and how many clients are supported by it. The possible advantages of this method are that we could have more complete/usefull information and only need to ask users once to fill out forms about their hardware configuration. Some pieces of information that I consider could be asked are: -Computer:make,model,cpu,cpu speed, amount of RAM -Video:make,model,bus type,resolution -Harddrive:make,model,HD type -Soundcard:make,model,options -Cdrom:make,model,bus type -Monitor:make,model,size,resolution -Network card:make,model,network protocol -Use of computers and how many clients are supported
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