Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:35:53 -0400 | From | "Eric S. Raymond" <> | Subject | Supplying missing entries for Configure.help -- corrections |
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Some minor corrections to my Configure.help patches, as suggested by lkml regulars. Should be applied on top of my patches 1-4.
--- Configure.help 2001/04/18 05:27:07 1.5 +++ Configure.help 2001/04/18 13:21:24 @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Prompt for drivers for obsolete features and hardware CONFIG_OBSOLETE Obsolete drivers have usually been replaced by more recent software that - can talk to the same hardware. Obsolerte hardware is things like MGA + can talk to the same hardware. Obsolete hardware is things like MGA monitors that you are very unlikely to see on today's systems. Symmetric Multi Processing @@ -1631,14 +1631,14 @@ Support for Cobalt Micro Server CONFIG_COBALT_MICRO_SERVER - Support for ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and + Support for MIPS-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit") including the 2700 series -- versions 1 of the Qube and Raq. To compile a Linux kernel for this hardware, say Y here. Support for Cobalt 2800 CONFIG_COBALT_28 - Support for the second generation of ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have + Support for the second generation of MIPS-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit") including the 2800 series -- versions 2 of the Qube and Raq. To compile a Linux kernel for this hardware, say Y here. @@ -2979,13 +2979,6 @@ called binfmt_aout.o. Saying M or N here is dangerous though, because some crucial programs on your system might still be in A.OUT format. - -Kernel support for JAVA binaries -CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA - If you answer Y here, the kernel's program loader will know how to - directly execute Java J-code. This option is semi-obsolescent; you - should probably use CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC and read Documentation/java.txt - for information about how to include Java support. Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86 -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. -- H.L. Mencken - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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