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Message-ID: <20131112221325.GA12391@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 23:13:25 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Aldo Iljazi <mail@...o.io> Cc: andreas.thalhammer@...ux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config Hi! > So, you are saying that this should be available for power users only, > since it requires kernel compilation. > > I have a few points to make. > > 1. Wouldn't power users know how to configure the kernel anyway for > their system? No, not really. Getting configuration to work is always interesting... > 2. What about future hardware upgrades (on both a laptop and desktop > machines). > > 3. What's wrong with stock distribution kernels? Actually, biggest problem with configurations for various non-PC systems like Nokia N900 or Zaurus (where distributions does not work). > 4. Wouldn't this take a great amount of manpower for I guess minimum > benefits? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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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