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Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:08:24 -0500 From: Rayson Ho <raysonlogin@...il.com> To: Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>, "Ryan C. Gordon" <icculus@...ulus.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: FatELF patches... 2009/11/1 Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>: > I've read the list, and I can't find anything I agree with. Honestly. +1. Adding code that might bring lawsuits to Linux developers, distributors, users is a BIG disadvantage. And beside the legal issues, this first point is already not right: "Given enough disc space, there's no reason you couldn't have one DVD .iso that installs an x86-64, x86, PowerPC, SPARC, and MIPS system" The boot loader is different on different systems, and in fact different with different firmware. A single DVD that can boot on different hardware platforms might not be an easy thing to do. Also, why not build the logic for picking which binary to install into the installer?? This way, the users don't need to have half of the disk space wasted due to this FatELF thing. IMO, the biggest problem users get is not with which hardware binary to download, but the incompatibly of different Linux kernels and glibc (the API/ABI). Rayson -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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