From: Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Subject: Re: Penelope builds a kernel
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:14:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020114231451.J9555@ummagumma> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020114165909.A20808@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020114165909.A20808@thyrsus.com>
* Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com) wrote:
> Scenario #3: Penelope goes where the geeks are surfing.
> If Penelope learns from the README file that all *she* has to do is
> type "configure; make" to build a kernel that supports her hardware,
> she can apply that MEMS card patch and build with confidence that the
> effort is unlikely to turn into an infinite time sink.
>
> Autoconfigure saves the day again. That guy in the penguin T-shirt
> might even be impressed...
$ apt-cache search kernel-patch | wc -l
66
And I guarantee that if Penelope calls up her vendor, she can get
someone to provide her a guaranteed-compatible and *tested* driver that
can be managed by her package manager for less than the price of the
pack of twelve she'll be using with the dude in the penguin t-shirt.
Please try to understand the entire _point_ of distributions and get a
grasp of how vendors work with the kernel, and stop waxing lyrical about
contrived situations.
Tom.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-01-14 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-01-14 21:59 Penelope builds a kernel Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 22:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-14 22:28 ` Lars Marowsky-Bree
2002-01-14 22:32 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-01-14 22:32 ` Chris Friesen
2002-01-14 22:35 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-01-14 22:38 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 23:00 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-01-14 23:05 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 23:38 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-01-15 1:53 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-15 2:36 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-01-15 11:53 ` Matthias Andree
2002-01-15 22:32 ` James Antill
2002-01-15 22:28 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-16 1:29 ` Alan Cox
2002-01-15 23:00 ` Diego Calleja
2002-01-14 22:37 ` Bruce Harada
2002-01-15 0:56 ` Thomas Duffy
2002-02-01 20:46 ` Pavel Zaitsev
2002-01-14 22:44 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-14 22:45 ` Eric S. Raymond
2002-01-14 23:15 ` Richard Gooch
2002-01-15 15:53 ` salvador
2002-01-14 23:08 ` Chris Ricker
2002-01-14 23:14 ` Tom Gilbert [this message]
2002-01-15 0:50 ` Nathan Walp
2002-01-15 1:24 ` John Levon
2002-01-15 1:39 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-15 2:07 ` John Levon
2002-01-15 3:59 ` Tom Rini
2002-01-15 13:28 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-15 19:53 ` Ingo Oeser
2002-01-15 20:37 ` David Woodhouse
2002-01-15 21:00 ` Matthew M
2002-01-16 21:31 ` Felix von Leitner
[not found] <d7.11a4a260.2974c807@aol.com>
2002-01-14 23:51 ` Jeff Garzik
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