Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965127AbVINJzy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:55:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965129AbVINJzy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:55:54 -0400 Received: from albireo.ucw.cz ([84.242.65.108]:52664 "EHLO albireo.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965127AbVINJzy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Sep 2005 05:55:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:55:48 +0200 From: Martin Mares To: Pascal Bellard Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Frank Sorenson , riley@williams.name, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [i386 BOOT CODE] kernel bootable again Message-ID: <20050914095548.GA5831@ucw.cz> References: <33542.85.68.36.53.1126619176.squirrel@212.11.36.192> <432722A1.8030302@tuxrocks.com> <43272B9D.1030301@zytor.com> <33296.85.68.36.53.1126690932.squirrel@212.11.36.192> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <33296.85.68.36.53.1126690932.squirrel@212.11.36.192> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 748 Lines: 22 Hello! > Now two solutions: > > - without this patch = linux kernel are never directly bootable > - with this patch = linux kernel is directly bootable with some > devices. > > What is the better idea ? The first, as long as nobody really needs direct booting. Code bloat. Have a nice fortnight -- Martin `MJ' Mares http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth The first myth of management is that it exists. - 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/