Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932812AbWCVVwU (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:52:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932811AbWCVVwT (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:52:19 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:10465 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932812AbWCVVwT (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:52:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:51:50 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Bob Copeland Cc: Benjamin Bach , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Idea: Automatic binary driver compiling system Message-ID: <20060322215150.GA24092@elf.ucw.cz> References: <441AF93C.6040407@overtag.dk> <1142620509.25258.53.camel@mindpipe> <441C213A.3000404@overtag.dk> <1142694655.2889.22.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <441C2CF6.1050607@overtag.dk> <1142698292.2889.26.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <441D36DA.2000701@overtag.dk> <441D82D8.7050106@overtag.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1347 Lines: 33 Hi! > > Otherwise I'll probably dig up something. Just needs to be a small > > kernel-whatever project. > > > > Is there someone maintaining a list of non-implemented ideas for kernel > > features/drivers? > > Although neither of these are easy and you very well might not get > anything done in three months, a couple of bits of hardware that I > have for which there are incomplete/no drivers, and where the > manufacturer refuses to give out specs are: > > - Ricoh MMC/SD controllers. The project to figure those out is at: > http://mmc.drzeus.cx/wiki/Controllers/Ricoh/Frontreport > > - 3D for NVidia. I know many people would take an open but basic 3D > driver over the fully featured binary one - many people already use > the 2D 'nv' driver for that reason. Rudolf Cornelissen has reverse > engineered various bits of it (though it may apply only to the > geforce-1 era cards) over here: > http://web.inter.nl.net/users/be-hold/BeOS/NVdriver/3dnews.html Or help openzaurus project. I'd certainly need help with collie :-). Pavel -- Picture of sleeping (Linux) penguin wanted... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/