> > <snip> > >> I don't mind if this information is removed from the manual of the > >> device driver but I do mind if this information is lost without > >> being > >> implemented somewhere else. Maybe it can be a list on the web FAQ > >> somewhere if you don't want it there. I'd also be happy to help > >> maintain that list of "known working hardware for driver X". > > > > For this kind of thought, the hardware lists could be extracted from > > each of the driver man pages, then turned into a "Hardware > > Compatibility > > List". eg: > > > > 1GbE network cards > > ****************** > > > > Model Driver > > Intel I340-T2 em > > Intel I340-T4 em > > Intel I350-T2 em > > Intel I350-T4 em > > > > > > 10GbE network cards > > ******************* > > > > Model Driver > > Intel X350-T4 ix > > > > > > Wifi cards > > ********** > > > > Model Driver > > A-Link WL54H ral > > AirLive WN-5000PCI ral > > Amigo AWI-926W ral > > AMIT WL531P ral > > AOpen AOI-831 ral > > ASUS WL-130G ral > > ASUS WL-130N ral > > ASUS WIFI-G-AAY ral > > > > > > Having this info in one easy-to-search location sounds like it would > > be even better for some use cases (eg people looking for hardware by > > category, instead of by driver). > > This kind of list could probably benefit from a field like "Supported > from", indicating which release of OpenBSD added the support. > > eg 5.8, 5.9, etc.
Sorry to have to tell you - what you propose is competely impossible. At the low-end, we have experienced numerous cases where model numbers don't change, but chipsets do. What you propose is not time well spent.
