kernel patch set - please read

kernel patch set - please read

[James Mcloughlin]

Hello from the uk,

I upgrade old raq3/4 servers to newer operating systems usually centos.
There is still thousands of them out there, hosting websites.

People realise that these old boxes are still good for hosting, as you
dont need a super 3ghz server for a few small web sites...

I wonder if you would consider adding cobalt hardware support to the 2.6
kernel tree?

Regards

James Mcloughlin

www.osoffice.co.uk/

Re: kernel patch set - please read

[Jesper Juhl]

On 3/13/06, James Mcloughlin <jimbob@osoffice.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello from the uk,
>
> I upgrade old raq3/4 servers to newer operating systems usually centos.
> There is still thousands of them out there, hosting websites.
>
> People realise that these old boxes are still good for hosting, as you
> dont need a super 3ghz server for a few small web sites...
>
> I wonder if you would consider adding cobalt hardware support to the 2.6
> kernel tree?
>

Such suggestions are usually quite well recieved in the form of actual
patches - someone needs to do the work.

When the work is done and patches are submitted for review most people
usually view such contributions favorably. So get hacking :-)


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Re: kernel patch set - please read

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:15:38PM -0000, James Mcloughlin wrote:
> People realise that these old boxes are still good for hosting, as you
> dont need a super 3ghz server for a few small web sites...
> 
> I wonder if you would consider adding cobalt hardware support to the 2.6
> kernel tree?

Its up to someone who has the hardware to merge any additional hardware support
that is needed and maintain it. If you are building your own trees to do this
and having to add other GPL drivers then you might be ideally placed to do that.

Alan