On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 04:13:01PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >Michael McConnell wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I noticed the MAINTAINERS file still lists Riley Williams as the >> maintainer of the i386 boot code, presumably as no-one else has taken it >> up in his absence (though, I'm sure it's probably been touched since >> late 2004). >> >> If I knew the first thing about the i386 boot process I would volunteer, >> but sadly I don't.... >> >> This article below details the reason for his absence, but please make >> sure you're sitting down before clicking. (It is work-safe.) >> http://www.chorleytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=81&ArticleID=905248 >> > >Dear. > >I have considered myself as a rather unofficial maintainer of this code, >and wouldn't mind make it official now when I actually have a job which >both cares about and actually can support my upstream Linux activities, >which was a major pain for a while. > >Overall, there is a lot of cleanup which really is needed in the i386 >boot process; I have done some work on it already, but more is needed. >
Sounds interesting. Can you point me what needs to be done exactly? Maybe I can help you. ;) Have fun! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/