Re: Idea: Automatic binary driver compiling system

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > Otherwise I'll probably dig up something. Just needs to be a small
> > kernel-whatever project.
> >
> > Is there someone maintaining a list of non-implemented ideas for kernel
> > features/drivers?
> 
> Although neither of these are easy and you very well might not get
> anything done in three months, a couple of bits of hardware that I
> have for which there are incomplete/no drivers, and where the
> manufacturer refuses to give out specs are:
> 
> - Ricoh MMC/SD controllers.  The project to figure those out is at:
> http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Controllers/Ricoh/Frontreport
> 
> - 3D for NVidia.  I know many people would take an open but basic 3D
> driver over the fully featured binary one - many people already use
> the 2D 'nv' driver for that reason.  Rudolf Cornelissen has reverse
> engineered various bits of it (though it may apply only to the
> geforce-1 era cards) over here:
> http://web.inter.nl.net/users/be-hold/BeOS/NVdriver/3dnews.html

Or help openzaurus project. I'd certainly need help with collie :-).

								Pavel
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