Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> | Subject | Re: Linux (free s/w) support | Date | Wed, 1 Oct 1997 19:08:02 -0400 (EDT) |
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> In ka.lists.linux.kernel, James Mastros wrote:
> >> btw, I've yet to come across a kernel which required me to live with > >> "factory defaults".
> >Umm... Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1x, Soloris, SunOS, HP-UX, and any > >other kernel that dosn't come with source.
> On HP-UX at least, you can relink your kerenel to suit you, without > necessarily getting the source. That's what their bundled C compiler > (the K&R, braindead one) is for.
That's also true with SunOS as well. Solaris largely autoconfigures but there are some tunable files as well. Booting the Solaris kernel with -r (for rebuild) causes him to reprobe all the hardware and reconfigure his devices and reread any of the configuration files they use.
> -- > Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet. > The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double > logarithmic diagram.
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