Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:02:39 +0000 | From | Tom Gilbert <> | Subject | Re: ISA hardware discovery -- the elegant solution |
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* Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org) wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > Michael Lazarou (ETL) <Michael.Lazarou@etl.ericsson.se>: > > > Doesn't this mean that you would need a fully functional kernel > > > before you get to run the autoconfigurator? > > > > Yes, but this was always true. > > No it's not. You only need a kernel that can run your compiler.
It's already been pointed out that the autconfigurator requires a great many in-kernel features and userspace utilities.
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