Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 21:50:14 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC Message-ID: <199607110450.VAA01629@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 10 Jul 96 14:08:02 -0700. <199607102108.OAA27247@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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>> 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?
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