Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:01:34 +0200 | From | "Dr. Werner Fink" <> | Subject | Re: Kernel cpu selection + other platforms? |
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> > > Hi! > > > > > Why not [for main screen]: > > > Intel -> [386-series] -> math-co support? > > > bugfixes? (they had some :) > > > [486-series] -> math-co support? > > > 486-clone? (eg. 386 with delusions) > > > bugfixes - list of bug patches to include > [... clip clip - why not, I wrote it :] > > > > Bad bad bad. What if you want to make kernel that runs on 386 and amd > > k6, fixing bugs of both? You probably want checkbox for every bugfix > > in there. > > So have a different bugfix area on a per-platform basis. Whatever. > 'sides some bugs only activate when specific processor features are > enabled and THOSE bugs should be per-processor. > > Also, bugfixes should only be present as 'optional' if they're > intrusive... as in, they are ONLY usable and detectable on that CPU.
Hmmm ... it should be a runtime self configuring feature. This because if one build a kernel for a CDROM distribution it should be a kernel which ist stable on the most platforms.
Werner
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