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Subject: Re: Aunt Tillie builds a kernel (was Re: ISA hardware discovery -- the elegant solution)
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:27:17 +0000 (GMT)
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> > Because the GPL says he's entitled to them ?
> 
> You miss my point.  Sure he's entitled to them.  But why should he
> *have to have them*?  They're extra state which, in the presence
> of a proper autoconfigurator, he doesn't need.

You have it backwards. The _autoconfigurator_ is extra state which in the
presence of the config he doesn't need
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