On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Richard Corden wrote:
> I'd say this is how most hardware gets supported under linux. But
> personally, I don't find this satisfactory.
No, most hardware that is supported well by Linux got that support
because the vendor provided specs (and possibly even hardware) to a
kernel person.
(or, the specs were widely available in first place.).
regards,
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