Bug#399120: JMicron controller in 2.6.18
Op 18-11-2006 om 18:31 schreef Geert Stappers:
> From: Johan Spee <johan.spee@orange.nl>
> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:14:24 +0100
>
> Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> >Please provide more information about the JMicron controller.
> >
> >
>
> Hi Geert,
>
> The JMicron incompatibility is well known (Bug#385697, see for instance
> www.mail-archive.com/debian-kernel@lists.debian.org/msg20298.html). I
> reported the 'bug' again because I'd hate to see a new Debian version
> released that cannot be installed on many new motherboards.
Okay, then go furthen then just reporting a bug.
> But since you ask, here is more information:
>
> [ The ... lots more ... be installed. ]
Thanks for telling, but what about:
> >Things that are important:
> >
> >* What is the policy of the hardware manufactor
> > for supporting his hardware in a true free[1] software environment?
>From http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=234706&highlight=jmicron
I did read these questions:
| Am I wrong, or all these problems are because JMicron entered the
| market recently and nobody cared enough to support their products? And
| now that ASUS is using their controller(s), developers found out about
| them and are/will be working on supporting it?
If we are really talking about a new player in the hardware market,
then it is for JMicron surely a good thing to support free[1] software.
> >* Is there a GPL or another libre drive available?
That is an 'yes / no' question.
> > - Do you know the name of the driver?
> > - What is the name of the driver?
"driver" is also known as kernel module.
> >* Where are the hardware specifications?
> > - Are chipset datasheets about it available?
>
> I have worked around this (using a customized iso) and have Debian with
> the 2.6.18 kernel from unstable on my pc now. Works like a charm!
Are you telling it is fixed in the _Debian_ kernel, version 2.6.18?
> Best wishes,
>
> Johan Spee
Cheers
Geert Stappers
[1] free as in freedom of speech
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