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Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>:
> Eric's stated that there's a net reduction in the number of dispirate tools 
> needed to configure the kernel.  There's certainly less in terms of lines of 
> code...

Actually, I haven't.  I have stated that I *know how* to get a net reduction, 
but that I haven't done that work yet.  After CML2 drops in I will do that 
work.
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