Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: toplevel Makefile bug and simple fix | Date | Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:38:16 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> There are, of course, technical difficulties in trying to distribute > hardware-specific files separately from the kernel (dependency detection, > hardware detection, patches from one version to another), and developmental > difficulties in ensuring enough people check to make sure things compile > with various subsets of the extension packages, but "it sure would be nice"
People won't check. Nor will drivers get updated in a timely manner.
> to download a .tar.bz2 that's about 5 MB and have it fetch another few > megabytes of drivers automatically once I configure the kernel I want to > build.
The GPL allows you to offer such a service - for example a web site that allows you to click on the general areas you have and then fires you a tar file of just the needed areas.
The single big tar/patch is the right model for the development, but you can go provide a service to others if you think it helps them.
Alan
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