There are benefits to databases like this although they are driving us in the wrong direction. This includes h-node. We should be focusing on getting the source code released for specific chipsets and building relationships with companies that further that objective. That is how your going to get more hardware working with free software. These hardware databases have been around as long as Linux has been. Thinking this is some how going to change anything is showing ones lack of understanding/experience in the “industry”. It'll help the hacker figure out what works and doesn't. It won't move things forward. It doesn't promote the companies making a difference (be it Atheros for wireless, Intel for graphics, ThinkPenguin, or another).

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