Daniel Ouellet wrote: > > >I'm not saying that having a blobbed driver in-tree would be an > >improvement - however, a machine that runs is likely to be an > >improvement over one that doesn't, at least for a while (because, as > >pointed out, bugs like blobs). > > I prefer looking at what's supported first and asked questions on the > list about it BEFORE getting it and STICKING with supported hardware and > EVEN lately, I go as far as ONLY getting hardware that is friendly to > the project now, meaning providing documentations, etc. > > So, if everyone would do the same, I bet chances are that we might see > more documentations available for various project, but hey, > that's just me! > > The bottom line is I don't get hardware that is not supported by OpenBSD > an by the way, ALL my Adaptec RAID shit is in the trash from last year! > > No more Adaptec here.
Hmmm, the one time I've actually run OpenBSD was because of an obscure SCSI adapter that would only run Linux if the BIOS was disabled. I didn't really want to depend on rebooting from a floppy. As to why I lurk here, Do you really imagine that hardware that gives OpenBSD troubles is going to be nice and friendly to everything else? ... And stay that way? I even preorder a couple CDs just in case I ever really need to lay hands on one. (Do you really want to FTP when you NEED it?) What I'm vaguely familiar with and where my own errors dominate any in the OS. It is of course worthwhile knowing what is right, even if ... As to the blobbed drivers, is it better to fail early when there are options or later after you have committed? Makes a good open question.
