[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI/Illumos HCL

[jay undernet]

Good idea.
we can add the build number of OI, categories and updates.

Vendor
Model
Build
categories (network, audio etc ...)
Works?
Notes/special instructions etc
updates

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jay
http://kowidi.com/openindiana

2011/1/21 Matthew Wilby <matthewwilby at btinternet.com>

> If there is interest in creating an HCL, I will get something setup on the
> wiki and maintain it.
>
> It will however rely on community contribution. As a project we don't have
> the resources yet to test every possible bit of kit out there.....
>
> For the time being please feel free to email me and I'll add it to the
> list. Something along the lines of.....
>
> Vendor
> Model
> Works?
> Notes/special instructions etc
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
> On 21 Jan 2011, at 11:53, Dave Koelmeyer <davekoelmeyer at me.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >>> I know it's early days, but what's the possibility of getting an HCL
> (Hardware
> >>> Compatibility List) page setup on the OI website? This would give
> community
> >>> members a chance to provide information on what works and what does
> not, and
> >>> perhaps share experiences on how to fix/tune certain components
> specific to that
> >>> hardware.
> >>>
> >>> With Openindianna moving away from the original Opensolaris code base
> sooner or
> >>> later the original HCL will start to become out of date. While I don't
> expect OI
> >>> to maintain a list of 'certified hardware' (yet) if the distribution is
> going to
> >>> penetrate production environments such a site would prove useful,
> rather than
> >>> the suck it and see approach at the moment. Might also take some of the
> load off
> >>> the bug submission etc.
> >>>
> >>> For information, Opensolaris has been removed from the main Sun/Oracle
> HCLpage
> >>> (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/) but is still accessiblehere
> >>> (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/).
> >
> > Anybody wanting to take Matthew's suggestion and run with it? I don't
> know how to make this happen, perhaps a section on the Wiki or something,
> but given recent discussion over storage adaptors etc this would be a very
> useful resource.
> >
> > --
> > Dave Koelmeyer
> > http://davekoelmeyer.wordpress.com/
> >
> >
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