Re: Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
--- Frédéric L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by > default? I > think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which > should work > for most, and would avoid people reporting problems > because > they forgot to set the right processor type. > I don't see many people reporting that kind of problems... as a first-year CS student I can attest that most students, even, never used Linux before. I installed Red Hat Linux on a friend's laptop - how much easier can it get - and kernel configuration just flabbergasted him. When people feel they are ready to start compiling kernels, they should learn to do so properly, in my opinion. The I-want-the-latest-and-greatest genre roughly coincide with early tech adopters, no? :) Michel Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie - 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/
Re: Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
Em Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:42:53PM -0300, Frédéric L. W. Meunier escreveu: > Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default? I > think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which should work > for most, and would avoid people reporting problems because > they forgot to set the right processor type. humm AFAIK the default config is nothing more than Linus setup, not something to server as a basic setup for everybody, so go buy Linus a i386 machine for development 8) - Arnaldo - 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/
Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default? I
think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which should work
for most, and would avoid people reporting problems because
they forgot to set the right processor type.
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Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default? I
think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which should work
for most, and would avoid people reporting problems because
they forgot to set the right processor type.
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Re: Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
Em Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:42:53PM -0300, Frdric L. W. Meunier escreveu: Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default? I think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which should work for most, and would avoid people reporting problems because they forgot to set the right processor type. humm AFAIK the default config is nothing more than Linus setup, not something to server as a basic setup for everybody, so go buy Linus a i386 machine for development 8) - Arnaldo - 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/
Re: Why CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default?
--- Frdric L. W. Meunier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason to use CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII by default? I think this should be changed to CONFIG_M386, which should work for most, and would avoid people reporting problems because they forgot to set the right processor type. I don't see many people reporting that kind of problems... as a first-year CS student I can attest that most students, even, never used Linux before. I installed Red Hat Linux on a friend's laptop - how much easier can it get - and kernel configuration just flabbergasted him. When people feel they are ready to start compiling kernels, they should learn to do so properly, in my opinion. The I-want-the-latest-and-greatest genre roughly coincide with early tech adopters, no? :) Michel Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie - 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/
