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Re: SEUL: Auto-compilation/Is it possible ?



On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Erik Walthinsen wrote:

> 
> First, the build:  A good way to do this would be to have a standard config 
> that is completely modular, then apply diffs for the hardware in question.  
> In other words, the standard config has, say, the 3c905 driver built as a 
> module.  If the user has a 3c905, the build would have that built into the 
> kernel.
> 
Good idea, BUT, if the user comes from the *dozes, what does he do with
the computer most often?  Turns it on, uses it for a few minutes, then
turns it off.  Hardly enough time to build a kernel.  We'd need to
convince them to leave it on all the time...  TTYL!


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