Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Tue, 14 Mar 2000 03:03:13 +0300 (MSK) | Subject | Re: Linux Jobs: Update |
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In <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003130912420.2340-100000@innerfire.net> Gerhard Mack (gmack@innerfire.net) wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> >> >> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Bill Wendling wrote: >> >> > Also sprach Kjartan Maraas: >> > [sb problem snipped...] >> > } >> > } This is described in Configure.help I think. It's now a kernel command >> > } line option. >> > } >> > *ahem* excuse me... >> > >> > AAAAAAA!!!!! >> > >> > WHY?!?! This is horrid! No longer can I simply reboot my machine but I >> > have to use command line options? >> >> Oh wah. Use modular sound then. >> >> Jeff
> This thread is getting sick ....
> Command line what? > Boot parameters?
Yes.
> I think some people must be too busy getting their flames in to make sure > their facts are strait.
> The following worked for me: > make menuconfig > go to the "Plug and Play configuration" sub menu > enable "Plug and Play" support. > enable "ISA Plug and play support"
> This works ... no command line options needed. This is MUCH easier than > the old way folks.. If I had known this was the fix in the first place I > wouldn't have started this whole damn thread.
Ok. How it'll fix my old SB16 NON-PnP ? Yes, this big full-sized card (and no, it's NOT old tired 386 -- it's pretty decent Pentium class system with 128MiB RAM, 13GiB HDD, etc).
> Someone earlier said that they think command line options are a kludge and > he was correct. I don't think they are needed here and they are just as > much a kludge as compiling the settings in.
They NEEDED here.
> What we have now is that most of the time we now need one less kludge.
Modifyable things should be where it's easy changeable till it hurt performance. That is: in command line on in /etc/modules.conf. NOT deep in kernel sources.
> Can we let this thread die now?
Perhaps: looks like noone can convince anyoneto change his/her mind...
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