From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 11:14:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FE72106566C for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:14:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fidaj@ukr.net) Received: from fsm1.ukr.net (fsm1.ukr.net [195.214.192.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53B858FC15 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:14:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ukr.net; s=fsm; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=RQeND7ojxQhQHOFRCwwdDGhgZqxls9a+uKGtV/SCwAk=; b=uE0cQ2VDmMg/vgxdP4/qS/izisUN7P8TqdfSAby1ksgJnyQ1RzL9cRLpkm5tGCw4nVOMPcz+EIMAdQvA0phfLPidrkYYUa8KnuEk3fpXoIO08BihL40AUHsJZXvg38MbVVywmsY9jBcsIE0XQU/Mg+1OKrshy7I7FzqT350rVjQ=; Received: from [178.137.138.140] (helo=nonamehost.) by fsm1.ukr.net with esmtpsa ID 1RjqNm-000DaH-Pl ; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:53:46 +0200 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 12:53:46 +0200 From: Ivan Klymenko To: =?UTF-8?B?5Zu+5r2Y?= Message-ID: <20120108125346.7e908f62@nonamehost.> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new low level hardware support list X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:14:12 -0000 =D0=92 Sun, 8 Jan 2012 01:37:53 +0100 =E5=9B=BE=E6=BD=98 =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > Hi everybody, >=20 > I'd like to point out the coming (inofficial) hardware support list > for freebsd, > currently hosted for testing at >=20 > http://freebsd.0fees.net/ >=20 > The main purpose of this project is to look up supported hardware and > their corresponding configuration in the most detailed way. >=20 > At the moment we are at a stage where we require some input in order > to start evaluating the data. >=20 >=20 > What we need: >=20 > We need a few dumps from your freebsd machines, (pciconf, dmesg and > kldstat). > Paste them in the dump form and set a few options afterwards. > The whole procedure will take no more than 2 minutes. >=20 > Note >=20 > I am note posting this in the forum for a couple of reasons. > First of all, at the beginning we only require a few dumps in order to > start evaluating, so we do not need too many posters. > Second, we do not want to differentiate (too much) with spam and real > posters and sort out the mess in the database, as our > data validation is still very basic. >=20 > We have also set up an error/feedback reporting tool, there is no > registration required. Feel welcome to use it if you have some > criticism. >=20 >=20 > Additional outcome of this project: >=20 > >From the user input we are able to > + map device id's to their corresponding device classes > + map chipsets to vendor/device id's > + map detailed device information to notebooks. >=20 > The first two mappings do not exist yet (at least we could not find > them on the web). > Those lists, once having enough data will be available for download > to help other people process the data. >=20 > There are possibly some more mappings to come. >=20 >=20 > Further stages: >=20 > Once we have enough data and have evaluated it all, we will simplify > the input procedure so that most recognition is automated. > This step will require some time, as we will have to go through all > the dumps and find the correct relation in dmesg, pciconf, kldstat > etc. >=20 > After having a sufficient base of chipset mappings we will be able to > read out the man pages and create the device support from that based > on the pci device id, > which will further accelerate the growth of the list. >=20 >=20 > As a note, this is not an official project by freebsd, nor a > commercial site. It is only a contribution > site we do in our spare times. If anybody would like to support, > check out the todo list at the site. >=20 > pantu Thank you for your work! What's the fundamental difference your resurs with respect to bsdstats.org? Thanks.