Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:24:03 +0100 | From | Marek Habersack <> | Subject | Re: [HUMOR] Quake 1 source code. |
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* Daniel Silverstone (Kinnison) said: > > Unfortunatly, if what it's needs to do = what it's users need, and it's > > users need Linux to outperform NT at static web serving, then khttpd is > > the right thing. Also, it doesn't gunk up the rest of your system if you > > arn't using it. So it's not a big deal. > > But I, who pay for my telephone calls - and only have a 14k4 modem, don't > want to even download > httpd's for a kernel - especially when I don't want to use them. 21728B - tarred and gzipped, that's about 5sec on an average modem connection - how much would that be in $?? Come on...
> Fine for them to be in kernel-space as modules - but what's why make them > part of the > actual kernel tree, making those of us who don't want it, unable to download > a kernel tree without it. You don't have to download the kernel (it's been said on this list so many time, that it's getting boring...) as a monolithic tarball... That's what the patches were invented for. Having sources for 1.x you can upgrade to 2.3.34 - just the patches... So your argument is completely bogus.
> I use the lm_sensors package with the 2.2.x series to do health monitoring > on my motherboard, > and am perfectly happy for them to be separate from the main tree, as they > compile and work > beautifully. Good for you.
[snip] > But then again, I would love to be able to split the kernel tree up and make > it more modular. more? There are few things in the kernel driver tree that are NOT modular.
> I don't want to be downloading ISDN, Amateur radio, and similar, if I never > ever use them. > I don't have an ethernet card at home, but have to get all the ethernet > sources also :( So DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM. Download the patches and live happily.
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