Cheap, good tulips...

[Sami Yousif]

[snip,snip]

> It would help tremendously if we could provide some sort of "linux
> certification" for a card by brand/part number, and could encourage
> resellers to use this on their box and website and marketing in general.
> I don't much care if they supply a linux driver (source and/or module)
> on their driver disk unless their card is pointlessly differentiated --
> the standard linux sources always come with a tulip driver anyway that
> should work with a true generic card.

The big problem is that many that are switching chipsets did not change
the brand/part number/product id. Also, even with those that had changed
the number, many order catalogs and computer sales databases reference
the new card numbers as "equivelant" to the old cards so it is possible
to order one using the "old part number" and recieve a new card. [new
being a different chipset]



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Tuesday, January 19th 2038, 03:14:07 UTC: Are YOU Ready?