Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:30:38 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for "old" hardware (was:Re: kern/148741: [sound] Headphones are deaf (do not work) on Lenovo ThinkPad X300) Message-ID: <201211280030.qAS0UdE8059682@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:11:28 EST." <20121127231130.106340@gmx.com>
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Hi, Reference: > From: "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:11:28 -0500 > Message-id: <20121127231130.106340@gmx.com> "Dieter BSD" wrote: > Alexander writes: > > Also, adding special exception for this laptop to the driver is quite > > pointless because while it will pass next 6 months FreeBSD release cycle > > this already not new laptop will be out of market for even more time and > > will be mostly forgotten. > > Are we to throw computers in the landfill once they are 5 minutes old? > Not very green. :-( Agreed. We don't turn our equipment off just 'cos our model no longer on sales shelves. Not all users companies & countries are rich & constantly buying the latest. There's markets for 2nd hand laptops ( inc. eg a shop 2 streets from here). Older hardware can be better & more available: - Cheaper or free (grab the boss's `old' replaced MS PC & install BSD). - On the flat of the bath tub graph curve of engineering reliability: More time for others to discover & document which PCs have exploding laptop batteries & broken in-disk BIOSes, etc. - More time for the public source community to develop drivers. - (My old laptop has much better speakers than my 2 new laptops). Supporting older hardware helps tempt MS users eg: "Rather than buy a new PC to support the latest bloated MS upgrade, why not try install a Free BSD or Linux, more efficient to cope with limited resources on your existing PC - & spend Nothing ! (Or if you must buy a new MS PC, install BSD on the old & sample a Free OS)." Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text. Not: HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable.
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