On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 22:45, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
Ollie, since I'm sure you get inundated with requests for all the different mobo types out there, maybe we can set up a webpage/db that will allow people to submit the lspci -vvv data along with the motherboard type and possibly a link to the motherboard on manufacturer's website?
I may be working with Rob Minnich on a mysql db that would hold our data for the config file generator. If that's the case, I could put this page together rather easily.
Then people could go to the page and if their motherboard has already been submitted, cast a new "vote" for it; and if it's not listed, they could submit a new request (with the above info [lspci -vvv; etc]). As such, you could prioritize the most popular/requested motherboards and do your magic accordingly.
It would be a good idea for end-user to pickup an MB and install LinuxBIOS on it. It would be good for the developers too, I doubt there is anyone have any idea about what MB/Chipsets are supported exactly.
It's just a thought. I really want to help the project out as much as I can (I'm a web/php/mysql developer and not really a C/ASM coder).
It is good to have someone with Web/DB programming skill for the project. I tried to learn things like Zope/PostgreSQL, but I found that I an not that kind programmer.
Ollie