* Jordan Crouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071002 22:13]:
> Okay, now that everybody has recovered from the last patch, here's the
> last one - disable OFW for the short term in buildrom. Reason being,
> that it only worked for OLPC, and the previous patch removed OLPC. I
> discussed the matter briefly with Stefan and Segher, and they tell me
> that there are ongoing efforts to make OFW or a OpenFirmware clone of
> some sort usable on a generic x86. I support that 100%, I think OFW
> is a vital payload for this project. I just don't know enough about
> OpenFirmware to get the job done. So I am submitting a patch to
> disable, but not to remove the OFW scripts, so that those who do know
> what they are doing can port the code easily. When everything works,
> revert this patch, and we're off to the races.
Please don't! There has been a lot of ongoing effort to make this work
(not with buildrom yet, though), and I think this slimming down is the
wrong direction. If its broken, someone might fix it. If its gone, its
gone.
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