Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 May 1998 14:14:38 -0100 | From | André Derrick Balsa <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix 6x86MX and Centaur C6 CPUs in 2.1.102 |
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Hi Pavel,
Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi, Andre! > ... > Ok, so please leave /proc/cpuinfo alone :-). If user is smart enough > to find /proc/cpuinfo and run cat over it, he should be also smart > enough to ignore everything he/she does not understand. [I think this > is thing users should learn with linux: ignore things that they don't > understand].
Funny, but I think _exactly_ the contrary: if somebody doesn't understand something, she/he should try to learn about it as much as possible. And that applies even more to Linux, IMHO. > > I like cpuinfo the way it is. You don't. I understand that you think > someone could get confused. I just thing that disadvantages of your > change are bigger than its advantages.
As I wrote before, I apply my patches to my machines, and also make them available to whoever wants to use them. Freedom of choice, here. > > We should probably stop this thread as it is about nothing.
My last post, then. > > > However, I always feel a resistance to change. An example: 7 or 8 months > > ago, I posted both my observation of a kernel oops and a patch that > > worked around it. Until now, it had not made it to the kernel. And only > > because I insisted until I got half-flamed by Linus, people took > > notice. > > Linus notorically drops patches, he drops patches from everyone. Thats > normal. Keep good work.
THX. I will. Even if it means getting into an argument with you, Martin and Linus. (yes, I know this is a heresy). "Et pourtant elle tourne" (Galileo, except he said it in Italian - or was it Latin?). > > > Same goes for all the bug related lines, some of which are so old that > > they only apply to 386 CPUs (and people who are still using 386s don't > > parse /proc/cpuinfo, believe me). > > As long as linux supports 386, that support should be full. And > warning: people with the *least* technical knowledge run linux on > 386's. Becuase they can not run windows :-) > > > I believe in making Linux simpler to use and more user-friendly. I also > > think that assuming blindly that every x86 CPU is made by Intel, and > > that whatever differs from Intel must automatically be called a "bug", > > without even looking into it, is a shortsighted and biased attitude. > > I never called Cyrix bug bug :-).
:-) I like your sense of humour.
With a reverence, ------------------------ André Balsa andrebalsa@altern.org
PLEASE DROP THIS THREAD. ========================
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