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authorConrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org>2020-05-10 21:24:10 +0200
committerConrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org>2020-05-10 21:24:48 +0200
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sys-apps/hw-probe: new package
Hardware Probe Tool is a tool to probe for hardware, check it's operability and find drivers. The probes are uploaded to the Linux hardware database. See https://linux-hardware.org for more information. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/669722 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/10246 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.99, Repoman-2.3.22 Signed-off-by: Conrad Kostecki <conikost@gentoo.org>
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+Please keep in mind, that all results are being uploaded
+by default directly to the Linux Hardware Database
+and can be read by everyone in public.
+
+In order to identify unique computers and hard drives,
+a 32-byte prefix of a salted SHA512 hash from
+MAC addresses and serial numbers is being uploaded.