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FromDaniel Phillips <>
SubjectRe: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
DateThu, 3 Jan 2002 06:55:11 +0100
On January 3, 2002 06:42 am, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > Dave Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > o  Aunt Tilley.
> > >    Vendors already ship an array of kernels which should make it
> > >    unnecessary for her to have to build a kernel.
> > >
> > 
> > There is a clear advantage to kernel developers in making things as
> > easy as possible for Aunt Tilley to use our latest output.
> > 
> > If the difficulty of installing the latest kernel prevents her from
> > doing that, she loses.  And so do we, because we don't get to know
> > if we've fixed her problem.
> > 
> > If Eric can get the entire download-config-build-install process
> > down to a single mouse click, he'll have done us all a great service.
> 
> OTOH if dumbing down the kernel config costs kernel developers
> productivity and increases the noise-to-signal ratio on lkml, it's a
> disservice...

Have you tried Eric's config code lately?  It's getting *really nice*.  The 
'search' feature alone makes it worth it, and the intelligent tree 
organization, and the consistency rules, and...

I'm now configging 2.4.17 with Eric-config, other trees with good-old-config, 
and I can tell you which one I prefer.

--
Daniel
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