From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:52:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:52:23 -0400 Received: from snark.tuxedo.org ([207.106.50.26]:2576 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:52:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:53:15 -0400 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Leif Sawyer Cc: esr@snark.thyrsus.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: CML2 1.1.3 release announcement Message-ID: <20010417095315.B27468@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Leif Sawyer , esr@snark.thyrsus.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from lsawyer@gci.com on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:46:44PM -0800 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Leif Sawyer : > It also appears that upon a re-configuration of 2.4.3 from 2.2.17: > > > cd /usr/src/linux > > cp ../linux-2.2.17/.config . > > make oldconfig > > where the old configuration did not include FrameBuffer support, > then performing an Xconfig to tweak some settings and enable FB, > no default fonts were allocated. This is contrary to CML1 behavoir. > > > grep ^CONFIG_FB .config > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y > CONFIG_FB_MACH64=y > > > however CML1, after only selecting the applicable drivers gives: > > grep ^CONFIG_FB ~/myotherbox-2.4.3.config > CONFIG_FB=y > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y > CONFIG_FB_VGA16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB24=y > CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y > CONFIG_FBCON_VGA_PLANES=y Yes, all those extra symbols are derived from the drivers that you didn't select during the CML2 run. -- Eric S. Raymond .. a government and its agents are under no general duty to provide public services, such as police protection, to any particular individual citizen... -- Warren v. District of Columbia, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App.181)