Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:28:16 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: Andrey Ponomarenko <andrewponomarenko@yandex.ru> Subject: How it fits BSD? (fwd) Message-ID: <202008131328.07DDSGb0049146@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Hi advocacy@ cc Andrey Ponomarenko <andrewponomarenko@yandex.ru> who wrote this below, sounds useful when advocating BSD, so appended in full. Forwarded from: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> http://berklix.eu/~jhs/ ------- Forwarded Message >From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Thu Aug 13 14:38:07 2020 From: Andrey Ponomarenko <andrewponomarenko@yandex.ru> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: How it fits BSD? List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware <freebsd-hardware.freebsd.org> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/>; List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> Choosing hardware for BSD? Recently I've implemented a new feature of the BSD hardware database [1] that allows you to check desired computer models for BSD compatibility. You need to find the computer model you are interested in in the Linux hardware database [2] first (it's large enough) and then follow new "How it fits BSD?" link at the bottom of the page. You'll get a list of devices on board and support statuses: * Tested — We have a BSD probe [3] of this device and driver was found and active * Supported — We have found driver implementation for the device in the kernel * Likely not supported — We have NOT found driver implementation for the device in the kernel * Not supported — We have a BSD probe of this device and driver was NOT found by the kernel * Need to test — We have no info on the device See example for DELL E6320 computer model on this page [4]. Search for drivers is performed using this list of supported device IDs generated for the FreeBSD kernel, kms-drm, drm-legacy and Nvidia proprietary drivers [5]. If you did not find the right computer model, then try again in the morning — 200-300 new computers are added to the database daily. Thanks for your attention. [1] https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/new-hardware-database-for-bsd-systems.75651/ [2] https://linux-hardware.org/?view=computers [3] https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe/blob/master/INSTALL.BSD.md [4] https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=a45c07429f [5] https://github.com/bsdhw/Drivers _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ------- End of Forwarded Message
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