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Hardware Compatibility List is a central database of hardware compatibility information with Mandriva Linux.

Contents 1 HCL present features 2 Roadmap to HCL2 3 Roadmap to HCL3 4 Roadmap to HCL4

[edit] HCL present features

• Upload lspcidrake output to the HCL website with a single, easy to use, tool
• Allows Mandriva to get a list of known supported devices
• Alows users to choose Mandriva because they know it supports their hardware
• Even if a specific hardware is not supported out of the box, users are able to give comments on how to get it running
• It's a complete community project : users help users and almost no need for maintenance (except for bugs and enhancements)

[edit] Roadmap to HCL2

• New website interface (in line with other mandriva websites)
• Wiki integration (all pieces of hardware have a dedicated page on the wiki where users can put their "tips" for using this device)
• Improve ranking system by adding two entries to every systems called "power management" and "standby/suspend/hibernate features"

[edit] Roadmap to HCL3

• Integrate with bugzilla and testzilla
• Upload dmidecode output along with lspcidrake
• Add an entry to each system named "Bios XX" where XX is the BIOS brand and version found in dmidecode

[edit] Roadmap to HCL4

Cross-distribution HCL : it shouldn't be restricted to Mandriva users.