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From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject: Re: asm_pci.h,v Holy cow!
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 13:43:44 -0500
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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Julian Elischer wrote:

> This seems well thought out and I certainly agree that we don't need
> DIFFs of firmware.
> I wonder if we can somehow "cheat time" and get that 13MB file out of
> the source tree and retro-actively tag the new scheme so
> that we don't have to carry it around forever :-)

It looks like a port,
Smells like a port,
and tastes like a port.
It must be a .....

merlot ?

Seriously, perhaps we should consider putting optional pieces of the kernel 
(eventually much of it, I hope) into a ports style structure. This structure 
can already take care of most of the problems like this one because it has
multiple mechanisms whereas the source tree has only one.


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