Messages in this thread |  | | From | Systemkennung Linux <> | Subject | Re: your mail | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 11:45:38 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hi,
> Split the architecture dependent parts off into separate > distributions. Okay, we've had this before, but with the current > kernel source in tar and feathers at way over 5 MB and the guarantee > that you'll _never_ need a substantial portion of it, please > reconsider.
Yuck. _*NO*_. That makes maintaining the whole thing a double plus mess. The interfaces between architecture dependand and independand stuff are still evolving though they have settled down in the last time. Think MIPS SMP will shake that a bit again ...
> SCSI driver or reconfiguring the sound card or similar nonsense. After > all, what is "make" for?
Sarcasm intended: Intelligent recompilation.
(Apropos sarcsam - and totally unrelated - did you you that a court has forbidden Intel somewhen during the seventies to call the company "Intelligent Electronics"?)
> - Have all kernel symbols in the actual boot file. No need to shuffle > around System.map and (worse) psdatabase.
Good point because you usually don't have the appropriate psdatabase at hand when booting an old kernel. Makes eg "ps axl" a mess.
> - A standard way to run a headless machine (no video card at all) on a > serial console. Find and fix the problem that some boards don't boot > without a keyboard (I suspected LILO but someone said it's in > setup.S).
My board wouldn't ever boot, just wait for F1 to be pressed ...
Ralf
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