Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:33:43 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] : remove unreliable, unused and unmainained arch from kernel. |
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2005 10:16 AM, Richard B. Johnson <linux-os@analogic.com> wrote: >> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Renate Meijer wrote: >> >>> >>> On Apr 1, 2005, at 3:09 PM, linux-os wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> [PATCH snipped] >>>> >>>> Cruel joke. Now 80 percent of the Intel clones won't boot. >>>> Those are the ones that run industry, you know, the stuff that >>>> is necessary to earn money. >>>> >>>> Without i386 support, you don't have any embedded systems. You >>>> need to use the garbage Motorola CPUs and the proprietary >>>> operating systems in embedded stuff. >>> >>> Have you checked your calender yet? >>> >> I'm quite aware of the date and time, thank you. The 'i386 architecture >> is the Intel-like stuff that doesn't have all the newer gee-whiz >> things that are of little value in the embedded area. > ... >> So, basically, you guys think you can single-handedly >> remove Linux from the embedded market and re-do it just >> for servers? Or are you going to leave some capability >> for desk-tops, too? > > Please check the calendar again. Don't worry about the year part, > concentrate on the month and day... ;) > > -- > Dmitry > Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ..... **** APRIL Fool-I-am-one ****
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