From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265773AbUEZSfV (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 14:35:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265774AbUEZSfV (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 14:35:21 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([65.200.24.183]:61834 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265773AbUEZSfG (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 14:35:06 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 11:29:19 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Zenaan Harkness Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "debian-devel@lists.debian.org" Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration] Message-ID: <20040526182919.GA25978@kroah.com> References: <1085548092.2909.60.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1085548092.2909.60.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 03:08:13PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > I think we need to somehow make it easy for manufacturers to submit > information about their hardware - something centralized, kernel- and > distro- neutral, that can be widely advertised to manufacturers. What kind of information? Device ids are pretty useless in and of themselves. What we need are device specs in order to produce proper drivers. Without that information, just having a device id is pointless. thanks, greg k-h