Re: Are we going too fast?

[Stephen Satchell <satch@fluent-access.com>]

At 02:11 PM 8/13/01 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Should development continue on the latest and supposedly greatest
> > drivers?  Or should the existing bugs be fixed first?  I've got at least
> > three up there that need taking care of, and I'm sure others on this list
> > have found more.  3 seperate crashes on 3 seperate installs on 3 seperate
> > boxes - that's 100% failure rate.  If I get 100% failure on my installs,
> > what are others seeing?
>
>Near enough 0%. But then I try and avoid buying broken chipsets.

Back in the old 2.0 days there was a couple of HOWTOs that discussed what 
hardware worked and didn't work under Linux.  I remember using the 
Ethernet-HOWTO as a "shopping list" when going to ham fests, "Wierd Stuff", 
and similar consignment/surplus/boneyard houses.  Have these HOWTOs been 
maintained?

(I've noticed that a number of very, very useful HOWTOs have fallen into 
the "unmaintained" category.)

I happen to think that "stories around the campfire" are fine, but with an 
OS like Linux we should have the "Campfire FAQ"...  :)

Satch