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From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@aunt-tillie.org>
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Alan Cox wrote:

 
> 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


It is easier to get autoconfigure in linux sources, than
modify the default (and broken) configuration from Linus.
(Sorry Linus :-) )

 	giacomo


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