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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:57:56 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@aunt-tillie.org>
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 02:00:38PM +0100, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote:
> How many people try new kernel with the wrong CPU configuration?
> (and mornally user know the name of own CPU, with netcards this is
> more difficult).

All of us get the CPU wrong. By using modules however I don't have to guess
the PCI devices. My system already did that. I just need the configurator
to hit M a lot and to work out which root devices are for the initrd.

The code for that exists

> PCI, USB and ISAPNP detection works well.
> ISA is a further step.
> I will send Eric the new detections and database for new probes (for ISA
> and others) drivers. So I hope also the ISA thread will end.

I suspect ISA is a dead loss - but again build all the modules, the user
system already has the right ones to load configured.

Alan

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