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Re: Linux HW compatibility list 4 local products
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Peter Lorand Peres wrote:
>
> Since this kind of @#$%% keeps happening I want to start a list of
> devices that can be relied upon as aliases of other devices in Linux
> setups. A file containing this should be placed on the ftp server of
> linux.org.il with a link wedged into the linux.org.il web page
> (somewhere).
Good idea, also we should create a database of config files for devices
avaliable localy ( like monitors ,video cards ,printer filters in text
mode etc. ) - not every lamer could write them propertly :(
>
> Anyone having solid information about devices that operate well
> with Linux programs when those programs are set in a certain way should
> post an entry to the list. Someone would simply cat >> it to the list from
> time to time.
> The entrys should only apply to devices which are NOT covered by
> manual pages, howtos or the Linux Hardware compat. list.
>
Better to apply only devises avaliable in local market - in order not
to send ppl to 10 different plases.
> I propose the following LSM-style template for each entry (which
> is easy to parse using grep awk etc):
>
> begin:
> date: <Entry date in format DDMMYYY>, days and moths numeric, pad with '0'.
> manuf: <Name of the maker, with NO decimal dots, as known inter-
> nationally, i.e. IBM not I.B.M., use name printed on packages>
> class: <one of PRINTER DISK ADAPTER MODEM KEYBOARD MONITOR OTHER>
> device: <Name of the product, commercial name>
> model: <Number of the product, catalog number, if available>
> like: <Name of the product, commercial name>
> like-model: <Number of the product, catalog number, if available>
> app: <Name of application or program as appears on a command line>
> app-ver: <version of app, optional>
> sd: <Setup description: max 10 lines of text describing the command line
> sd: arguments required to make the device: work with the app: whilst
> sd: emulating the device known as like:>
> URL: <optional URL of a document describing this further, one URL per
> URL: line>
> who: <name and email address of the uploader, email address in <>'s)
> end:
>
> I believe that this is the kind of effort that will cost very
> little and bring very much. There are at least 3 different makers who make
> binary compatible printers (Citizen HP Olivetti and DEC) and no Linux user
> knows that because you can't find that kind of information anywhere. With
> this system, one could.
>
> If the posters would be disciplined then the list would be
> searcheable by anyone looking forward to buy a Yoyodyne XYYS frobnicator.
> The discipline could be ensured by an entry proofreader such as the lsm
> robot. I'd volunteer to write one.
There is an idiots/spammers wich like to post to such databases their
trash/staff, also you need to add the safe info from safe ppl, that's why
you should moderate it by hand.
>
> If this catches on then a copy of Majordomo could be hacked into
> running the robot when someone is posting and adding the entry to a
> ftp-able file instead of mailing it out (replace the list adder
> with another script and the command interpreter (subscribe/unsubscribe)
> with a checker that would mail the entry back if it does not pass
> linting. imho a registry number issued by Majordomo could be added to
> each entry to allow by-reference searches.).
>
> Please send comments to the mailing list.
>
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