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Date:	Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:46:33 -0400
From:	Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rmh@...abtu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] OLPC: pci: fix up PCI stuff so that PCI_GOANY supports
 OLPC

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:05:49 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:

> On Thu 2008-06-05 15:29:14, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > Previously, one would have to specifically choose CONFIG_OLPC and
> > CONFIG_PCI_GOOLPC in order to enable PCI_OLPC.  That doesn't really
> > work for distro kernels, so this patch allows one to choose
> 
> How do distros work on OLPC, anyway? It lacks normal BIOS, so you
> can't really use GRUB, right?
> 								Pavel

I believe Robert was actually working on grub support.  I thought it made
little sense within the context of OFW, but if it is a requirement to make
installers happy, so be it.
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