From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266717AbUHVMUE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:20:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266704AbUHVMSt (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:18:49 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:41614 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266717AbUHVMRE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:17:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List From: Alan Cox To: "David N. Welton" Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1093173291.24341.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 12:14:52 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sad, 2004-08-21 at 20:41, David N. Welton wrote: I think the "compatibility list" side is the more important. Trying to punish non helpful products/vendors isn't as productive as helping stuff that is Linux friendly. > Product Name: > > Manufacturer: > > Model Number: > > Chipset: At what level is "Product" - do you need a category. How do you want to classify devices. I think this matters because you want eventually to be able to deal with things like tools that let users rate their setup functionality and submit it automatically. > > How bad it is (1 to 10, 9 being it almost works and has only minor > bugs): > > Reason (no specs, driver still being worked on, ...): > > Url for more info: > > An email address of yours that we may publish (so that we can contact > you if someone says "no, that works just fine!"): Wikipedia has a discussion page tagged to each article/entry. This works extremely well because it provides a public forum for discussion of what does/doesn't work, why and when. Could you add "Kernel.org bugzilla #" for not working ones, both to help people track them and to encourage submissions ? Alan