Return-path: Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.243]:17968 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752641AbYGaQv5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:51:57 -0400 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id d40so102007and.103 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:51:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <43e72e890807310951l754d3b96m212062d7a5759b8f@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20080731_185201_721195_635706CA) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:51:56 -0700 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: "Nick Kossifidis" Subject: Re: Vendor support stickers for devices supported under Linux wireless Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <40f31dec0807310657l36b052bfu510415d50c14718d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 References: <43e72e890807301327j54be2453r836964c708d75458@mail.gmail.com> <40f31dec0807310657l36b052bfu510415d50c14718d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:57 AM, Nick Kossifidis wrote: > 2008/7/30 Luis R. Rodriguez : >> A while back during our second Linux wireless summit we thought about >> the possibility of letting vendors choose a sticker depending upon the >> type of support they had for Linux: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/CertificationIdeas >> >> I propose we consolidate to just stick to one logo/sticker: You >> properly support Linux. >> >> What this means is your driver is in the kernel and if you have >> firmware this would mean you also provide a friendly redistributable >> license for the firmware. We could even put the name of the driver on >> the sticker/logo. Thoughts? >> >> Luis > > We need a way to let users know what cards are supported in the linux > kernel so -as John said in his presentation- that they can "vote with > their money". I think we should start a wiki page ourselves assigning > vendors and chipsets on the mentioned categories (best choice/ home > user/ geek user). That's the thing I'm saying forget about all the other categories and just promote proper support. Otherwise your support is simply handicapped for Linux. Luis