From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752001AbWCNMmc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:42:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752076AbWCNMmc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:42:32 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:47790 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752001AbWCNMmc (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:42:32 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:42:22 -0500 From: Alan Cox To: James Mcloughlin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: kernel patch set - please read Message-ID: <20060314124222.GA7514@devserv.devel.redhat.com> References: <1140.81.178.12.23.1142280938.squirrel@www.osoffice.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1140.81.178.12.23.1142280938.squirrel@www.osoffice.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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