From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 02:08:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB0A1065673 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 02:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B27F38FC1B for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2008 02:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2196766rvf.43 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:08:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=bu4U7NWtY6Ux/vUjiwhYIkdaup88aixlSrNRQx6ykME=; b=f58t6ZxvZQu+MjMU+3t7kobP0biDlbfSEWdRgQDikkI8iaEF7aWLG76wVP0iO7sUJz oz96roLp4Vg9eO19nWA64g7C8NMSCDwv749bnMvjEJn04CfS+SvxSvwR2IcjLhloNSrW 00Lf9C7HUzY/bK2DZV1qbYOQU9ZQgH4zTBtOU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=DctU2tkAEPUaGKBqPwiorgpKKAOfTg9PVrrpn7VMtJBDdFpsdvmV90XWrD0Tyuy26q 2NiD8zVnKiiuGdEJ0Q2DbcwofOedQ/6S855bbE6cJqMobeAGe/9uO42vG9aGJL/w0KFE r4YPIsjQN/EbgCaRtHaXnGr4PTiNY3khR+lCk= Received: by 10.114.137.16 with SMTP id k16mr6115632wad.189.1228095818712; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:43:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.114.161.14 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:43:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:43:38 -0800 From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Tim Kientzle" In-Reply-To: <4932DD73.9000109@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20081128234155.0221e263@serene.no-ip.org> <3cb459ed0811291342i524eaab3g1acadcd9cbdb638b@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0811291556g3f08a814td68466ad02dee4fc@mail.gmail.com> <200811291515.01962.beech@freebsd.org> <4932DD73.9000109@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: i give up X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:08:53 -0000 On 11/30/08, Tim Kientzle wrote: >>>>I have some ideas on that. The problem is it's sometimes hard to check >>>>that given hardware is supported by FreeBSD, even in case you know and >>>>want to do it. The list of supported hardware is often written in terms >>>>of chipsets and manufacturers often produce cards using supported chips, >>>>but named after their own trademark. > > I wonder if there's some way to partially automate > collecting some of this information. > > Something like a "register" program people can > use to register their FreeBSD installation that > would optionally include hardware information. > (Get a list of hardware IDs and running drivers > from the kernel, then prompt the user to enter > the actual hardware manufacturer/brand name for > each one.) Look for bsdstats in the ports tree, which does all of the above. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com