From: Jan Dittmer <jdittmer@ppp0.net>
To: lkml@lpbproductions.com
Cc: Ed Schouten <ed@il.fontys.nl>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration
Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:36:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41684BC1.5000500@ppp0.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200410091315.10988.lkml@lpbproductions.com>
Matt Heler wrote:
> Why can't theese patches be maintained outside the kernel tree , as it is
> now ?
>
> I'm strongly against this because the X-Box is a gaming platform and last I
> heard ( and I could be wrong here ) is that you had to hack your X-Box in
> order to load any other os then the one supplied with it. I just don't see a
> justified reason why theese patches should be included into the kernel.
>
<TrollMode>
Well, Altix is a server platform, last I heard I had to hack my credit
card institute in order to get one.
I suspect there are more people using xbox w/ linux than altix users.
</TrollMode>
Really, Linux already supports so many varieties of hardware used by
only a small number of people. It's just convenient to have it in
mainline and adapted when api changes.
Jan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-09 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-09 19:57 [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration Ed Schouten
2004-10-09 20:15 ` Matt Heler
2004-10-09 20:32 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-09 20:36 ` Jan Dittmer [this message]
2004-10-09 20:47 ` Matt
2004-10-10 7:37 ` Paul Mundt
2004-10-10 11:36 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-10 17:31 ` Lee Revell
2004-10-09 20:48 ` Matt Heler
2004-10-09 20:59 ` Ed Schouten
2004-10-09 20:59 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-10-09 20:40 ` Ed Schouten
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