Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-12 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > So, you are saying that this should be available for power users only, > since it requires kernel compilation. > > I have a few points to make. > > 1. Wouldn't power users know how to configure the kernel anyway for > their system? No, not really. Getting configuration to work is always i

[Topic closed] A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread andreas . thalhammer
Theodore Ts'o wrote on Sunday, 03rd November 2013: > It's an idea that people have tossed around before, but utltimately, > it's far more work than it's worth, and it's a maintenance nightmare. > For most non-technical users, using a distro kernel is quite good > enough. Yes, I get it. Thanks for

Re: Re for el_es: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread Theodore Ts'o
On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 07:57:29PM +0100, andreas.thalham...@linux.com wrote: > > I’m sorry, but I cannot possibly do this all by myself. I was able > to help in some Wikis and in Smolt, but I cannot setup such a > system. Apparently I was only able to come up with the idea... It's an idea that p

Re for el_es: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread andreas . thalhammer
> linux.com> writes: >[cut down because of gmane's web interface quotation policy] > >> But hey, it was just an idea. A stupid one maybe. So thanks for answering >> anyway. >> > > >Uh like any great idea, you need to show the world, how >serious you are about it : do the first step and collect a

Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread andreas . thalhammer
> linux.com> writes: >[cut down because of gmane's web interface quotation policy] > >> But hey, it was just an idea. A stupid one maybe. So thanks for answering >> anyway. >> > > >Uh like any great idea, you need to show the world, how >serious you are about it : do the first step and collect a

Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread el_es
linux.com> writes: [cut down because of gmane's web interface quotation policy] > But hey, it was just an idea. A stupid one maybe. So thanks for answering > anyway. > Uh like any great idea, you need to show the world, how serious you are about it : do the first step and collect a few, the

Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread andreas . thalhammer
Your message from Sunday, 03rd November 2013: > andreas.thalham...@linux.com wrote: > > Hello LKML! > > > > I am a Linux Desktop user since around 2001. Doing the math, that’s more > > than a decade! > > > > Having watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjRAKuis7T8 (LinuxCon 2013, > > Dirk Hohnd

Re: A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread Aldo Iljazi
andreas.thalham...@linux.com wrote: > Hello LKML! > > I am a Linux Desktop user since around 2001. Doing the math, that’s more than > a decade! > > Having watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjRAKuis7T8 (LinuxCon 2013, > Dirk > Hohndel and Linus Torvalds on stage) I decided to share an id

A Desktop Linux idea: modulized open hardware database for the linux kernel config

2013-11-03 Thread andreas . thalhammer
Hello LKML! I am a Linux Desktop user since around 2001. Doing the math, that’s more than a decade! Having watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjRAKuis7T8 (LinuxCon 2013, Dirk Hohndel and Linus Torvalds on stage) I decided to share an idea I had to make kernel building easier for computer e