Given that we have all those defconfigs, it'd be nice to know what they're all for. Appended please find a patch to add a documentation file to explain them. As I'm not really sure what they all really *are* for, this is just a starting point.
Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff --new-file -u -r linux-2.6-unchanged/Documentation/ia64/defconfigs linux-2.6-import/Documentation/ia64/defconfigs --- linux-2.6-unchanged/Documentation/ia64/defconfigs 1970-01-01 10:00:00.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-2.6-import/Documentation/ia64/defconfigs 2005-08-04 14:01:56.388975668 +1000 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The following `canned' configurations are available. These often get +quite out of date, but are a good starting point: + +In arch/ia64/ + defconfig --- a `Generic' configuration that should boot on + many IA64 platforms. It does not boot on the + HP simulator. + configs/bigsur_defconfig --- i2000 and similar Itanium-1 machines. + configs/sim_defconfig --- for the HP `Ski' simulator. + configs/sn2_defconfig --- for SGI Altix machines. + configs/tiger_defconfig --- for many SMP Itanium-2 machines, other + than the Altix. + configs/zx1_defconfig --- for machines based on HP's ZX1 chipset, + such as the zx2000 workstation. + -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
