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Open Resource Encouraging FreeBSD Driver Developme
Kelly Yancey writes "A new resource encouraging device driver development for FreeBSD just came on-line: the FreeBSD Driver Database.
The idea of the database is to assist driver developers who may need hardware, documentation, or volunteer testers just find just that. Developers can list the drivers they are currently hacking together and anything they may need to help them to their goal. Similarly, sysadmins (or anyone else) with hardware they can lend to developers can post their hardware and it's availability.
The hope is to broaden the base of supported hardware for FreeBSD by providing a central point around which development can focus. People with hardware they would like to see supported can find developers to lend it to. And developers who need hardware (or volunteers) to test their drivers can indicate their needs on-line. "
The hope is to broaden the base of supported hardware for FreeBSD by providing a central point around which development can focus. People with hardware they would like to see supported can find developers to lend it to. And developers who need hardware (or volunteers) to test their drivers can indicate their needs on-line. "
It's nice, but why limit it to FreeBSD?
I have always considered *BSD to be ONE community.
FreeBSD would help it self by helping NetBSD and OpenBSD.
All of the above borrows from the others, this should include drivers too.
By having one database for developing *BSD drivers we would all benefit.
Just my $0.02.
"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." - Karl Marx
By request, there's two new side bar boxes, daemon daily news, and the BSD section (well,all sections have a box). So, just add them and you can check on the main page. The reason fewer people reply is not because they don't read it (look at DDN. Few replies, lots more article submissions). BSD users just don't seem as quick to chip in mass rants in the forums as quickly.
Oh, and the rest of the segments are the same way. The 'interesting' articles show on the main, and the sections have lots of others that are neglected. This is one reason I don't think BSD should be on just BSD OSes, but on all BSD (ie Apache) so there's more diversity, and its not ignored. Otherwise, its just an excuse by slashdot that they do show BSD news, but instead they manage it in a fashion so that no one ever sees it.
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AC wrote:
moving the freebsd news off to this section. it's not helping I don't think! If the main page reports on mostly useless crap (and you know it is), why can't useful news like this be put up on the main page. sad.
BSD stuff will (and is) still be posted to the front page. At the moment it's basically my call as to whether a story will appear on the front page, or whether it will just appear in the BSD section.
At the moment, I'm going on gut instinct. This will be refined over the coming weeks as we post more stories. Doubtless I'll get people saying "Why did that story make the front page? It should have only been posted to the BSD section!" as well.
For the time being, if you think I should have posted a story to the front page (or not, as the case may be) please tell me -- nik@slashdot.org.
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