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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 09:25:04 +0100
From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@dplanet.ch>
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To: Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>
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Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] RE: CML2-2.0.0 is available -- major release announcement
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Leif Sawyer wrote:

> 
> Picked USB HCI's as modular (building all) from VIA motherboard.
> 	(Don't really need the OHCI built here)


This is a know problem. The problem is: we don't know yet

if a given USB configuration is a USB card, a USB kernel support
(i.e. USBFS, OHCI, EHCI...).
The solution is to modify the configuration rules, adding
the USB_CARDS (as Eric proposed for ISA_CARDS).
But this rules change can be done only after CML2 is included
into the kernel.

> Missed HOTPLUG (based on USB, and configure_help - this may just be cleanup
> 			in the help text to remove references to USB if
> hotplug
> 			is not needed/required)


Eric: Rule error ?

> 
> Missed APM support (is enabled in running kernel)


I know. I don't know if I should autodetect APM support.
On some machine APM crash the kernel and in some more
machine you must tune the APM options.

I'm not an APM expert, so I need some help.


> Missed my parallel port.

 > Missed my floppy drive!

I have some problem with these rules.
I should find a solution on how to detect
these on a x86 wihout breaking the other
archs.
Probably the best solution is to change the rules:
the floppy disk is linked to CONFIG_FLOPPY (or an
other non conflicting names) and the various archs
controller configuration is derives from FLOPPY
and ARCH_*.


> Missed SCSI_Generic
> Missed Unix Domain Sockets!
> Missed Packet Socket (based on running kernel)


Hard to detect these 'software devices'.
Some suggestions?

> Missed PS/2 mouse


hmm. I forgot these rules during the conversions.
[but ATARI PS/2 conflict with this]

	giacomo

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