Chris Lumens wrote:
> Yes, having the one generic kernel would be a very nice thing. Maybe it's
> time to steal another distribution's configs. :)
Although, even Sun doesn't use just one kernel for their sun4 machines
:)
> So if I were to nuke all framebuffer support except for the TGA cards,
> would that cause significant problems? Does anyone see a problem with
> that?
That sounds reasonable. Most(?) alpha hardware that came from DEC
used either the DEC TGA cards or a VGA which is suportted through
their wonderful BIOS emulation.
>
> I might also remove all USB support from the kernels since: (1) I don't
> think there are too many Alphas with USB support, and (2) I don't believe
> the OHCI drivers work properly. What does everyone think?
This might be good as well. It not only decreases the kernel image, but
also decreases the number of conflicts that can occur. Does anyone use
an USB device to install to/from?
-Chris Selivanow
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