From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcWTZ-00084O-Ui for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:18:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GcWTW-0007xJ-Bd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:18:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GcWTW-0007wu-4N for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:18:30 -0400 Received: from [64.233.182.186] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GcWTV-0000XC-TO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:18:30 -0400 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p46so564865nfa for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:18:28 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:18:31 +0300 From: Paul Sokolovsky Message-ID: <557987790.20061025031831@gmail.com> Subject: Re[2]: [Qemu-devel] Config file support In-Reply-To: <200610241928.47477.rob@landley.net> References: <200610240136.41311.paul@codesourcery.com> <1893885600.20061024043855@gmail.com> <200610241928.47477.rob@landley.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: Paul Sokolovsky , qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Rob Landley Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Hello Rob, Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 2:28:47 AM, you wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 9:38 pm, Paul Sokolovsky wrote: >> Maybe. But where are new chips in qemu? Why there're still only 2 >> ARM boards? How do I "stick" wi-fi card in one of them? So the concern >> is not just if it's easy to add new devices or not, but if there're means >> to actually support appearance and growth of device library. Plugin system >> would be a "decree" that there's a stable API to define devices and >> welcome for 3rd-party developers to develop them. > Because the lack of a stable internal API has completely prevented Linux from > getting any sort of device support. It runs on far less hardware than things > like Solaris, with such a stable API... Oh, c'mon, Rob! I really didn't want to ask Paul Brook that, but sure you'll fix my cluelessness right here, right now - tell me, tell me, why Linux has dynamic-loadable modules support, which clueless passers-by like me call "plugins"? It must be closed-source diversion, no? Those Linux guys should really take that GPLv3 pill, don't you think? Yummy! ;-) >> P.S. This is not a troll > People who are not trolling generally don't have to _say_ they aren't > trolling. Well, let's face it - that's your comments on *.PIF files and XML parsers that add spice (*1) to the discussion. So don't be surprised that people start to reassure... ;-) Oh, and while we still talking (and to add even more confusion), how'd you guys managed to kill "ps ax" to work in busybox 1.2.1? I really miss it here, when loading my embedded images into QEMU... > Rob *1 flamy -- Best regards, Paul mailto:pmiscml@gmail.com