On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 13:38 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Hi guys, Hi Master ... > > I have been thinking about starting something that brings in extra Hardware > compatibility and drivers to the stock centos kernel. Perhaps doing this as a > SIG might be a good idea. I agree ... > > The aim would be ( but not limited to ): > > - Find and coordinate the efforts by various hardware vendors to support CentOS If the HW manufacturer lists RHEL as supported, the driver/module they provide should be supported on CentOS as well ... Do you mean that these manufacturers list CentOS itself as supported ? > > - Publish a comprehensive ( as much as possible ) install time DriverDisk ( both > as an .img and .iso ) > > - Create, test and publish a mechanism to follow kernel updates ( might need > someone to actually have access to some of this hardware, but it should be > manageable specially if we can get the attention of hardware vendors ). in kmod format i suppose ? > - Create a feedback-loop that makes it easy for users to request drivers / > functionality in the stock and plus kernels. How we deliver on this is perhaps a > discussion in itself, and something we can consider when we come to it. > > - Bring together into 1 place all the various opensource drivers being published > by Vendors ( 3ware, areca, tyan, supermicro etc ) for newer versions of their > products that are not in the upstream version as yet. This might mean setting up > an ftp location somewhere (?) > > - I would also not mind looking at the very dark grey area of providing updated > drivers for some components ( like the recent bcm and marvell ethernet drivers > that really do need updating in the upstream kernel ) - but this again depends > on how people feel about it - in lots of cases, we might end up step into and > through a redhat patch. > > Now, what does everyone else think ? If I start this, is it going to be only me > there or is someone else going to come along for the ride as well ? > I think it's a good idea and i can join the effort ... For example i have to setup IBM SANs and the multipath driver is delivered as source (which is a good thing on one hand) but who has make and gcc on a server ? ... :o) This make me think to the license point of view : can every driver/module be packaged ? This has to be taken in account ... -- Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net> Solution ? echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlbxq' | dc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/attachments/20070905/c9ffe7cf/attachment-0007.sig>