From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 21:05:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 21:05:46 -0400 Received: from are.twiddle.net ([64.81.246.98]:24968 "EHLO are.twiddle.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 27 May 2001 21:05:37 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 18:05:18 -0700 From: Richard Henderson To: Jeff Garzik Cc: "Ingo T. Storm" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.4.5 does not link on Ruffian (alpha) Message-ID: <20010527180518.A19209@twiddle.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Garzik , "Ingo T. Storm" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox In-Reply-To: <3B0BFE90.CE148B7@kjist.ac.kr> <20010523210923.A730@athlon.random> <022e01c0e5fc$39ac0cf0$2e2ca8c0@buxtown.de> <3B102822.625E01DF@mandrakesoft.com> <3B1032BE.72BD1336@mandrakesoft.com> <20010527163901.A18929@twiddle.net> <3B1193A8.6DB90579@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B1193A8.6DB90579@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Sun, May 27, 2001 at 07:54:17PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 07:54:17PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: > FWIW the documentation seems to imply that the option is necessary only > when directly booting from SRM, i.e.. no bootloader is involved at all. Err, well, you can't have _no_ bootloader. > It uses the example of MILO's presence or absence as indicating the need > for this option. Exactly. aboot doesn't substitute. > So... is it safe to always enable this option, with a little hacking > perhaps? :) Well, yes, it is obviously possible. The generic config does what you want. You just need to permanently enable some of that configury. r~