Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.42 | Date | Thu, 5 Jun 1997 23:07:31 -0400 (EDT) |
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> Any feature that should be removed or degraded shouldn't only be > considered in order to make new features faster/better or more > up-to-date should *not* be removed and instead should be included or > discluded from the kernel by means of a configuration option in the > kernel makefile.
A feature should be removed, IMHO, only when: a) It is no longer maintained and b) It doesn't work with a new kernel or c) There is a better solution that does essentially the same thing.
> I too have linux running on semi-obsolete hardware and think it does a > grand job.
Nika (4MB i386DX-40) would get very upset if only her big sister Nikita (32MB, Pentium 166) could run the latest kernels.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca Linux Plug-and-Play Hardware Support http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html Ottawa-Carleton Linux User's Group (OCLUG) http://www.storm.ca/~linux/
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