Op 18-11-2006 om 18:31 schreef Geert Stappers: > From: Johan Spee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:14:24 +0100 > > Geert Stappers wrote: > > > >Please provide more information about the JMicron controller. > > > > > > Hi Geert, > > The JMicron incompatibility is well known (Bug#385697, see for instance > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg20298.html). I > reported the 'bug' again because I'd hate to see a new Debian version > released that cannot be installed on many new motherboards.
Okay, then go furthen then just reporting a bug. > But since you ask, here is more information: > > [ The ... lots more ... be installed. ] Thanks for telling, but what about: > >Things that are important: > > > >* What is the policy of the hardware manufactor > > for supporting his hardware in a true free[1] software environment? >From http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=234706&highlight=jmicron I did read these questions: | Am I wrong, or all these problems are because JMicron entered the | market recently and nobody cared enough to support their products? And | now that ASUS is using their controller(s), developers found out about | them and are/will be working on supporting it? If we are really talking about a new player in the hardware market, then it is for JMicron surely a good thing to support free[1] software. > >* Is there a GPL or another libre drive available? That is an 'yes / no' question. > > - Do you know the name of the driver? > > - What is the name of the driver? "driver" is also known as kernel module. > >* Where are the hardware specifications? > > - Are chipset datasheets about it available? > > I have worked around this (using a customized iso) and have Debian with > the 2.6.18 kernel from unstable on my pc now. Works like a charm! Are you telling it is fixed in the _Debian_ kernel, version 2.6.18? > Best wishes, > > Johan Spee Cheers Geert Stappers [1] free as in freedom of speech -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
