Messages in this thread | | | From | Matt Heler <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration | Date | Sat, 9 Oct 2004 13:48:08 -0700 |
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If it does go into mainline. What's to stop the inclusion of other gaming platforms into the kernel . Say for instance Playstation or Gamecube or some other variant.
matt
On Saturday 09 October 2004 1:36 pm, Jan Dittmer wrote: > Matt Heler wrote: > > Why can't theese patches be maintained outside the kernel tree , as it is > > now ? > > > > I'm strongly against this because the X-Box is a gaming platform and last > > I heard ( and I could be wrong here ) is that you had to hack your X-Box > > in order to load any other os then the one supplied with it. I just don't > > see a justified reason why theese patches should be included into the > > kernel. > > <TrollMode> > Well, Altix is a server platform, last I heard I had to hack my credit > card institute in order to get one. > I suspect there are more people using xbox w/ linux than altix users. > </TrollMode> > > Really, Linux already supports so many varieties of hardware used by > only a small number of people. It's just convenient to have it in > mainline and adapted when api changes. > > Jan - 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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