Subject: Re: Development tree, PLEASE?
From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 17:47:18 -0500
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On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 15:40 -0700, Michael Loftis wrote:
> I don't feel that statement is true in all cases.  It's true in a lot
> of cases yes, but sometimes 'support' is really simply a matter of
> techinga module one more PCI ID.  

That might be true for server class hardware where the vendors care
about the stability of the hardware platform, but for modern desktop
stuff like sound cards it's never that simple.  Desktop class hardware
is getting dumber and dumber all the time as more features are pushed
into software which makes adding support for new devices tricky, and new
devices are introduced constantly.  Sometimes they'll even ship 2 models
with the same PCI IDs but a different chipset, so you have to use some
other kludge to know what to do.  Etc.

Lee

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