Re: dmesg data avilable to others?

["STeve Andre'" <andres_(_at_)_msu_(_dot_)_edu>]

Others may find me out in left field on this, but I think that's entirely
too complex and a case of overcomputing for this data.

I am willing to bet that most (to nearly all) the queries of this would be
of the form "does this xxyy card work", which means that a simple
grep through the data is going to tell you a lot.  Further staring at
the particular dmesg(s) that had your match would be useful--likely
the simplest way would be to have each dmesg in its own file.  If
the comment of 1 - 5% is true, then there are depressingly few of
them to look at anyway.

One form of organization might be to sort them via their CPU class
I suppose, in that 486 boxes and Vaxen are less likely to have USB
ports than Pentium boxes.

Just having the raw data would be good for starters.

--STeve Andre'

At 06:15 PM 9/20/00 -0500, Matthew V. Sendak wrote:
> Alex Charyna wrote:
> > How would you arrange the data in database?
> > the entire dmesg on it's own, sorted by processor?
> > line by line, by retail model number....
> >
> > how is it currently managed?
>
> I've seen no evidence that it is at all (I've been looking).  If there
> were the resources, it would be incredibly convenient to have not only
> dmesg data available, but also a way to format particularities with
> particular hardware (perhaps organized by machine?).
>
> Something on the order of:
>
> <<
> Machine Name:
> Contact:
> Processor:
> Memory (w/ vendor and speed, if known):
> Cards (w/ vendor and model, if known):
> Random Peripherals (w/ vendor and model, if known):
> Weirdness that had to be performed to get everything to behave:
> Known software that acts wonky:
> Packages Installed:
> Errata:
> dmesg:
> >>
>
> If something like this could be setup, most of the folks I know would
> contribute.
>
> I'm willing to help any way that I can.  Any other volunteers?
>
> -m@
>
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