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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 22:40:14 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration
From: "Ed Schouten" <ed@il.fontys.nl>
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Hello Matt,

On Sat, October 9, 2004 10:15 pm, Matt Heler said:
> 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.

It is true that you have to make some modifications to your Xbox, for
example: flashing the BIOS with Cromwell (BIOS with a Linux loader).

The main reason why it should be merged (in my opinion) is that a lot of
Linux distro's reject Xbox-Linux because it's not in the mainline
sourcetree (Debian for example, they only want vanilla platforms).

These patches are only 102 lines together, which is a small amount to
support a new platform.

Yours,
-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed@il.fontys.nl>
 Website: http://g-rave.nl/
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