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FromDavid Woodhouse <>
SubjectRe: ISA slot detection on PCI systems?
DateThu, 03 Jan 2002 09:08:14 +0000
esr@thyrsus.com said:
> Think useability.  On Macintoshes, you configure a kernel by moving
> the  equivalents of modules in and out of a system folder.  Users tune
> their kernels by moving files around -- no muttering of elaborate
> incantations required.  *That's* the direction we should be moving in;
> there is no  good technical reason for the process to be anywhere near
> as arcane as it is now. 

We have it better than that already. The distro vendor provides all the 
modules and they're automatically loaded on demand - you don't even need to 
move them into the system folder.

--
dwmw2


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