Re: AMD 780G chipset major issues 3/3 (btx)

From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29_at_alumni.cwru.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:16:28 -0400
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:59:17AM -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:
> Some Linux distributions are requesting permission after an install to send
> a hardware profile to their official site .
> 
> By collecting and using such profile values  a data base may be constructed
> by FreeBSD .
> 
> By studying that data base FreeBSD users may get information about next
> hardware selections .
> 
> When an installation detects a problem  about a  hardware part it may also
> be sent to that data base to  evaluate  to its  reasons .
> 
> Hardware manufacturers may check that data base  for possible  utilization
> of data  for their  next product designs .
> 
> That data base may be an incentive to hardware producers to  support FreeBSD
> and be known   by FreeBSD users .
> 
> Thank you very much .
> 
> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk

Look at sysutils/bsdstats.

- Justin
Received on Tue Apr 07 2009 - 13:15:49 UTC

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