From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 10 21:52:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA14292 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:52:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA14272 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:51:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA01629; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607110450.VAA01629@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lambert cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 10 Jul 96 14:08:02 -0700. <199607102108.OAA27247@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:50:14 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Maybe I have a bad attitude, but... This is Unix. If they can't or >> don't want to build their own kernel, they should be running Windows >> or OS/2. Terry writes: >This is Unix, the most sophisticated OS available. It should support >use of fallback drivers and dynamic loading of replacement devices >as needed, so if they can't or won't build their own kernel, it will >have no effect on their ability to run the system, one way or another. Well, yeah, that's a great goal. But, how do we solve the ATI/S3/com4 conflict and kernel bloat with the source base that exists _right_ _now_ in 2.1.5 (and/or NetBSD 1.2)? Better ideas? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------