Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Jan 2002 00:42:57 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: ISA slot detection on PCI systems? |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > > Dave Jones wrote: > > > > o Aunt Tilley. > > Vendors already ship an array of kernels which should make it > > unnecessary for her to have to build a kernel. > > > > There is a clear advantage to kernel developers in making things as > easy as possible for Aunt Tilley to use our latest output. > > If the difficulty of installing the latest kernel prevents her from > doing that, she loses. And so do we, because we don't get to know > if we've fixed her problem. > > If Eric can get the entire download-config-build-install process > down to a single mouse click, he'll have done us all a great service.
OTOH if dumbing down the kernel config costs kernel developers productivity and increases the noise-to-signal ratio on lkml, it's a disservice...
Jeff
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