> - All OEMs are dealing with sub-component vendors for Linux driver > support. In some cases, it would be great to have a "certified for > Linux" designation for components and sub-components. There is an > OEM and component vendor "chicken & egg" regarding demand for > Linux drivers and device specs.
Linux driver support for components and sub-components of pre-installed Linux products has resonated with the OEMs and with the community since the OEM call last week. The kernel community continues to offer the Linux Driver Project (linuxdriverproject.org) as a service to component vendors. Greg KH as stated that all component vendors can be pointed at linuxdriverproject.org for kernel developers who will write and get their drivers for Linux into the kernel tree for FREE (a very good price). We know about the large video adapter vendors, but we would like to direct the Linux Driver Project toward other boards, components, and attached devices that are lacking Linux driver support. While maintaining a list of unsupported components would be difficult (the moving target syndrome), we should make a short list of the most critical devices that lack Linux driver support that impact the Linux desktop community. If you would like to use the desktop_architects list to socialize what this list might be, please do it. I will commit to collecting this list and forwarding it to the Linux Driver Project. John Hull, manager of the Linux Engineering team at Dell, was recently interviewed Scott Ruecker (Oct 12) and was asked about the first 4 months of delivering a pre-installed Linux consumer product. The article is very good and shows Dell's commitment to the community and to Linux-supported hardware. John states, "As Linux has gained popularity, our hardware vendors have become increasingly interested in working with the Linux community and Dell to provide Linux support." So the landscape is changing with respect to hardware vendors and their support for Linux. http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/91429/ John continues, "I also expect us to continue driving hardware vendors to provide Linux support, and to get that support submitted and accepted upstream as early as possible. Our (never ending) goal is to have every Linux distribution "just work" on all of our systems, and that will continue to be the primary focus of our Linux engineering teams here at Dell." John _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
