Re: [Fwd: Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration]

[Greg KH]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 03:08:13PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> I think we need to somehow make it easy for manufacturers to submit
> information about their hardware - something centralized, kernel- and
> distro- neutral, that can be widely advertised to manufacturers.

What kind of information?  Device ids are pretty useless in and of
themselves.  What we need are device specs in order to produce proper
drivers.  Without that information, just having a device id is
pointless.

thanks,

greg k-h
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