From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267287AbUHaHYU (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:24:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267291AbUHaHYU (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:24:20 -0400 Received: from hermine.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:43273 "HELO hermine.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267287AbUHaHYK (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:24:10 -0400 Message-ID: <41342898.2000607@hist.no> Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:28:24 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040715) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David N. Welton" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux Incompatibility List References: <87r7q0th2n.fsf@dedasys.com> <412C4295.1000700@hist.no> <876577ejxy.fsf@dedasys.com> In-Reply-To: <876577ejxy.fsf@dedasys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David N. Welton wrote: >Helge Hafting writes: > > > >>An idea: To really put some pressure on vendors, also have an entry >>for "alternate/better solution" where people can list a way to >>achieve the same result with someone else's product and open >>drivers. Example: >> >> > > > >>Product: Matrox parhelia (a triplehead graphichs card) >>Reason: Bad binary-only 2D-only driver >> >> > >Please add it here, using the 'template'. > >http://leenooks.com/19 > > > Done. I didn't recommend any particular brand when describing the "alternate solution", as you didn't want that. The reason for specifying a brand was only to create more pressure than "use a couple of supported cards instead". Helge Hafting