Ben Hutchings wrote: > I didn't know that table existed! It seems like it would be useful to > aggregate statistics for out-of-tree kernel module packages by stripping > off the kernel version suffix. Here's what I came up with:
OK, here's a preliminary analysis of your results. There are quite a few of TODOs, so if anyone wants to step-in, be my guest ;-) WiFi ---- > 1 madwifi 1666 > 51 madwifi-ng 18 non-free/deprecated, in favor of ath5k, currently present in wireless-2.6 and pending kernel inclusion. > 4 ipw3945 897 Replaced by (free) iwlwifi which will be present in 2.6.24. > 5 alsa 715 Merged on all 2.6 kernels (this was a sarge package) > 73 rt61 8 > 157 rt73 1 > 39 rt2400 46 > 7 rt2500 590 > 26 rt2570 100 > 123 rt2x00-cvs 2 > 19 rt2x00 154 All replaced by the latter, which will be present in 2.6.24. > 25 ieee80211 109 > 61 ieee80211softmac 14 > 31 ipw2100 71 > 18 ipw2200 169 > 36 hostap 51 Merged. > 78 bcm43xx 6 Merged as bcm43xx and now (2.6.24) b43/b43legacy. > 132 rtl8180 1 > 130 rtl8180-sa2400 1 Merged. > 154 p54 1 Merged. > 97 adm8211 3 Merged. > 23 linux-wlan-ng 123 Not going to be merged since hostap (already present) does the job better. VoIP ---- > 50 misdn 20 Created by the i4l team, I think they're considering for inclusion. > 14 zaptel 295 Not really considered for inclusion by upstream, yet. > 155 sangoma-wanpipe 1 Binary blob, IIRC. proprietary/non-free -------------------- > 29 vmware-kernel 79 > 42 vmware 39 > 43 vmware-server-kernel 37 > 47 vmware-any-any-kernel 26 > 96 vmware-any-any-player-1.0.2 3 > 111 vmware4 2 > 117 vmware-any-any-player-1.0.3 2 > 119 vmware-player-kernel 2 > 125 vmware-tools-kernel 1 > 128 kernel-vmware 1 > 107 cisco-vpnc 3 > 143 cisco-vpnclient 1 (free replacement exists) > 93 fritz-classic 3 > 98 fritz-pci 3 > 100 fritz-pnp 3 > 109 fritz-xusb 3 > 129 avm 1 False positives --------------- > 11 linux 391 > 62 linux-ubuntu 12 > 63 kernel 12 > 65 linux-restricted 12 > 85 kernel-nonfree 5 > 95 linux-backports 3 > 153 dummy-linux 1 > 145 ext3 1 > 147 usb 1 > 150 scsi-core 1 (d-i module packages) Rest ---- > 2 ndiswrapper 1484 Present in Debian, not considered by mainline for inclusion. > 3 kqemu 898 Distributed by Debian (recently moved to main from non-free) I don't think upstream intends to submit it anytime soon. > 12 kvm 337 Already present in mainline but lags a bit hence the need for a -source package. > 22 unionfs 124 > 91 unionfs-knoppix 4 In the process of merging (under some discussion). > 53 pcmcia 17 > 30 kernel-pcmcia 79 2.4 material, not needed on 2.6. > 20 ivtv 149 > 94 ivtv0.3 3 > 60 ivtv0.4 14 > 66 ivtv0.6 12 > 55 ivtv0.7 16 > 59 ivtv0.8 15 > 102 ivtv0.9 3 > 37 ivtv0.10 49 Merged. > 28 fuse 82 Merged. > 151 lzma 1 Merged. > 67 eagle-usb 11 > 69 sony-acpi 9 Merged. > 72 freeswan 8 Deprecated in favor of openswan > 74 rtai 7 Rejected from inclusion, -rt is the way to go. > 75 drbd 7 Proposed for inclusion, under review. > 76 btsco 7 > 148 bluetooth-alsa 1 Deprecated in favor of userspace alsa plugin. TODO ---- > 6 openafs 614 > 8 lirc 475 > 9 gspca 461 > 10 spca5xx 397 > 32 exmap 60 > 33 ov511 59 > 34 thinkpad 54 > 35 ov51x-jpeg 54 > 38 nozomi 49 > 40 at76c503a 45 > 41 virtualbox 45 > 13 loop-aes 305 > 15 qc-usb 293 > 16 linux-uvc 279 > 17 virtualbox-ose 258 > 21 squashfs 129 > 24 sl-modem 119 > 27 pwc 84 > 44 acerhk 29 > 45 aufs 29 > 46 mol 28 > 48 tidev 22 > 49 ltsp 20 > 52 openswan 17 > 54 redhat-cluster 17 > 56 em8300 15 > 57 wacom-kernel 15 > 58 oprofile 15 > 64 dazuko 12 > 68 qla2x00 10 > 70 ndas 9 > 71 gpib 8 > 77 netfilter-extensions 6 > 79 unicorn 6 > 80 mactel-drivers 6 > 81 zr364xx 5 > 82 zydas 5 > 83 et131x 5 > 84 ipp2p 5 > 86 acer-acpi 5 > 87 linux-iscsi 4 > 88 rtsp-conntrack 4 > 89 userlink 4 > 90 lustre 4 > 92 ipset 4 > 99 qcm-usb 3 > 101 acx 3 > 103 btrfs 3 > 104 kkcore 3 > 105 patchfinder 3 > 106 qce 3 > 108 tp-smapi 3 > 110 cowloop 2 > 112 usbvision 2 > 113 vt1211 2 > 114 comcertopci 2 > 115 rfswitch 2 > 116 fsam7400 2 > 118 comedi 2 > 120 rtms 2 > 121 aufs-cvs 2 > 122 via-drm 2 > 124 truecrypt 2 > 126 sata 1 > 127 tcos-extra 1 > 131 subfs 1 > 133 linux-uvc-frougon 1 > 134 tifm 1 > 135 video4linux-nw802 1 > 136 hrandom 1 > 137 r1000 1 > 138 cdemu 1 > 139 v4l-dvb 1 > 140 saa7134 1 > 141 usb-rndis 1 > 142 ibdriver 1 > 144 norflash 1 > 146 vloopback 1 > 149 cpcieject 1 > 152 arla 1 > 156 lazyfs 1 > 158 martian-modem 1 Regards, Faidon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
