From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265613AbUEZNZP (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 09:25:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265609AbUEZNXV (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 09:23:21 -0400 Received: from grunt26.ihug.com.au ([203.109.249.146]:34440 "EHLO grunt26.ihug.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265672AbUEZNSM (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 May 2004 09:18:12 -0400 Subject: Re: drivers DB and id/ info registration From: Zenaan Harkness To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200405261453.57718.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> References: <1085542706.2908.25.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> <200405260918.51589@fortytwo.ch> <1085566079.2522.54.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> <200405261453.57718.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1085577394.2215.85.camel@zen8100a.freedbms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 23:16:35 +1000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 21:53, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2004 13:07, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Primarily for manufacturers to provide/ submit information to. > > Therefore the second primary target I guess would be developers. > > Thirdly is users. > > Any viable manufacturer already has such place. > It's _its own website_. That is empirically not effective (enough) to achieve this goal (seamless hardware support/ 'nice user naming') that I wish to see achieved. zen