On 20/06/2016 02:51, David Lang wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jun 2016, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote: > >> On Wed, 2016-06-15 at 19:52 -0700, David Lang wrote: >>> Is there a list of hardware that is needed? (or do you want donations >>> of money >>> for the project to buy hardware)? >> >> TBH I'm not sure how useful random hardware donations are. For example >> getting a router which is more than just updating image generation >> specifics (and assuming there is even enough information available via >> flash browsing etc to do that, which isn't always the case), there is >> the problem most chips manufacturers don't talk to random developer X, >> and only want to give data sheets and programming information to people >> who sign an NDA and have a support contract, presumably with contracts >> to by X units from ODM who is actually the one making the information >> available, or enabling the request). >> >> Dealing with unsupported hardware is not something developers can often >> do something about simply by having random device X. If it's just image >> generation usually it can be figured out, but beyond that it normally >> requires some level of information that isn't easy to discover simply by >> having a device. > > Well, I'll point out that the thread I'm replying to started off with "I > no longer have the hardware to test this" > > I agree that random, unsolicited donations are likely to be less useful, > but donations of hardware to solve the "I can't test this" or add to a > test farm are directly useful. > > And getting a new piece of equipment can get a developer interested > enough to go after the NDAs needed to make it work well. > > In some cases the vendors involved are known to 'not play well with > others' and so donations of their hardware will do no good. > > But those of us out in the wild can't tell the difference between the > different categories. > > That's why I asked for a list of what would be useful to donate :-) > > David Lang
how is this related to "i am looking for ar7 maintainers and testers" ? please try to stay on topic _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev