From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267876AbUHUU5e (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:57:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267863AbUHUU43 (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:56:29 -0400 Received: from dial249.pm3abing3.abingdonpm.naxs.com ([216.98.75.249]:11731 "EHLO animx.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267855AbUHUUyv (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:54:51 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:51:57 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List Message-ID: <20040821205157.GA9300@animx.eu.org> References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> <20040821201632.GA7622@digitasaru.net> <20040821202058.GA9218@animx.eu.org> <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1093120274.854.145.camel@krustophenia.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > > >Ideas/comments/suggestions are welcome at this stage. > > > > > > Sounds interesting; is there a vendor blacklist (i.e. vendors that are > > > either hostile toward or simply don't care about Linux and their products > > > just won't ever work with Linux?) > > > > Broadcom's wireless chips come to mind... > > Nvidia. AFAIK all nvidia Linux drivers are either binary-only or > reverse-engineered. True, however, their video cards *DO* work on linux (even though it is binary-only). I have a laptop that has the chip. Does any broadcom wireless chip work on linux (ndis wrapper or that piece of junk from linuxant doesn't count) > To add insult to injury they have a stupid 20+page 'Nvidia Linux > Advantage' whitepaper on their site that conveniently fails to mention > the above. They probably spent more money for some marketroid to put > that together than they ever spent on actually supporting Linux. Haven't seen that myself. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals