Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267378AbUJIUgC (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:36:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267370AbUJIUgC (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:36:02 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:21659 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267378AbUJIUcb (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Oct 2004 16:32:31 -0400 Subject: Re: [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration From: Lee Revell To: lkml@lpbproductions.com Cc: Ed Schouten , linux-kernel , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <200410091315.10988.lkml@lpbproductions.com> References: <64778.217.121.83.210.1097351837.squirrel@217.121.83.210> <200410091315.10988.lkml@lpbproductions.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097353948.1428.66.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:32:28 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 805 Lines: 20 On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 16:15, Matt Heler wrote: > Why can't theese patches be maintained outside the kernel tree , as it is > now ? > > I'm strongly against this because the X-Box is a gaming platform and last I > heard ( and I could be wrong here ) is that you had to hack your X-Box in > order to load any other os then the one supplied with it. I just don't see a > justified reason why theese patches should be included into the kernel. > How is this any different from running Linux on a Sparc? Sun would probably consider that "hacking"... Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/