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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:41:10 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Ian Molton wrote:
> Rik van Riel Awoke this dragon, who will now respond:
>
> >
> >  "Why should I waste my disk space with SCSI drivers?"
> >  "Why should I waste my disk space with MIPS support?"
> >  "Why should I waste my disk space with bluetooth drivers?"
> >
> >  In each of these cases you'll get the same answer that I gave
> >  to your question.
>
> Actually, I dont get that.

	[snip "Couldn't the kernel be split in various tarballs?"]

> Here is my answer for the record:
>
> I shouldnt. its a pointless waste of bandwidth.
>
> Now, whats YOUR answer?

You'll find the answer in the lkml FAQ:

	http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s7-7

cheers,

Rik
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