Nicolas Boichat schrieb: > Hi, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Zitat von Nicolas Boichat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> Hi Soeren, >>>> >>>> (copying the list, as it is interesting for them) >>>> >>>> Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: >>>>> Hi Nicolas, >>>>> >>>>> can we agree on that the appletouch and usb-storage-zerowait patch can >>>>> be removed from mactel patches, as they don't provide any extra >>>>> functionality but just satisfy certain developer preferences ? >>>> I agree about usb-storage-zerowait, I don't know who introduced this >>>> patch, and what it is useful for... Maybe this person is still >>>> monitoring the list, in this case it would be nice to have some >>>> explanation. >>>> >>> As far as i remember this patch was needed in the first steps of >>> mactel-linux, >>> because in these days there was a problem with the sata controller, which >>> didn't work under linux, so the only way to boot linux on a macbook was an >>> usb >>> storage device attached to the computer. you can only boot from an usb >>> storage >>> device when the usb wait time is set to zero, if not the kernel will not >>> find >>> the root device and will print out a message like "VFS: Cannot open root >>> device". > > Wow, thanks for the explanation... So, basically, this patch has nothing > to do in the SVN, and you have a kernel parameter if you really want to > change it. > > Best regards, > > Nicolas
Correct. The second reason was not to destroy the FS on the internal drive :) cu Edgar (gimli) Hucek ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-devel mailing list Mactel-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-devel mailing list Mactel-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-devel