Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:14:51 +0000
From: Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Subject: Re: Penelope builds a kernel
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* Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com) wrote:
> Scenario #3: Penelope goes where the geeks are surfing.
> If Penelope learns from the README file that all *she* has to do is
> type "configure; make" to build a kernel that supports her hardware,
> she can apply that MEMS card patch and build with confidence that the
> effort is unlikely to turn into an infinite time sink.
> 
> Autoconfigure saves the day again.  That guy in the penguin T-shirt
> might even be impressed...

$ apt-cache search kernel-patch | wc -l
     66

And I guarantee that if Penelope calls up her vendor, she can get
someone to provide her a guaranteed-compatible and *tested* driver that
can be managed by her package manager for less than the price of the
pack of twelve she'll be using with the dude in the penguin t-shirt.

Please try to understand the entire _point_ of distributions and get a
grasp of how vendors work with the kernel, and stop waxing lyrical about
contrived situations.

Tom.
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