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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:38:39 -0600
To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: CML2-2.1.3 is available
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  [esr]
> > 	* The `vitality' flag is gone from the language.  Instead, the 
> > 	  autoprober detects the type of your root filesystem and forces
> > 	  its symbol to Y.

[Russell King]
> This seems like a backwards step.  What's the reasoning for breaking
> the ability to configure the kernel for a completely different
> machine to the one that you're running the configuration/build on?

As Eric keeps saying - autoconfigure is OPTIONAL.  It is merely one way
to generate a .config, not the only way.

> Answers including Aunt Tillies or Penelopes won't be accepted. 8)

(:

Peter
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