Charles Fultz wrote:
> > I don't like the idea of the kernel config examining your machine and
> > enabling or disabling what you see based on what's in the machine. I
> > think that should be left to the person building the kernel.
> >
> > Also, the PCI option *is* valid for 32-bit SPARC machines, just not all of
> > them. The driver doesn't operate like the PCI driver in Intel kernels.
> > If you enable the PCI option on a 32-bit SPARC machine that doesn't have
> > that, it craps out. On an Intel machine you can have the PCI support in
> > the kernel, boot it on a VLB system and have it work.
> >
> > I believe it boils down to the people that needed this driver in 32-bit
> > SPARC kernels just "got it done" and stopped after that. No one seems
> > interested in maintaining it or enhancing it, so it presents us with
> > problems like the keyboard thing we just recently discovered. But, all in
> > all, it wasn't a big deal. It was annoying, but no one's head exploded as
> > a result of it. :)
>
> Damn you're a persuasive bastard! ;-> That was a great argument, and
> I have to say that have made me see the light! It can stay.
The things like this PCI stuff that are "incomplete" do need to be on the
"todo" list for the Sparc kernel development. It probably is. In the meant
time it just makes distribution development that much more complicated.
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