On 11/28/06, Hisham Muhammad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/25/06, Ricardo Nabinger Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course, time-consuming was missing, but it is a major issue like you > > pointed out. But on the other hand, it would be somewhat a matter of kernel > > config maintainers, just like Recipes. I mean, Lucas keeps > > linux-2.6.xx-arm, > > Hisham linux-2.6.xx-ppc, and others the arch of their use/choice. > > Derivatives of a main generic kernel configuration (basically the same > > except > > for the arch). > > "Basically the same" does not apply to PPClandia. I once read someone > say something like: "I came from years of experience in Linux-x86, and > could run through make menuconfig and get a kernel built with my eyes > closed... and switching to Linux-ppc made me a newbie in kernel > compiling all over again". I shared the exact same experience -- after > a number of failed attempts, I could only compile a kernel that > _booted_ using someone else's .config (probably the one from Ben > Herrenschmidt) and I'm still using a variant of that.
Ditto for ARM. Each platform needs to have their own .config, usually with some extra patches to have their devices recognized. While many platforms are built around "reference boards", the peripheral almost always differ. -- Lucas powered by /dev/dsp _______________________________________________ gobolinux-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gobolinux.org/mailman/listinfo/gobolinux-devel
