Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 01:40:21 +0200 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: GENERIC kernel issues Message-ID: <20130307014021.3c02fdb4.ray@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokWKcogM%2BJFWn%2B%2Brw6kn85xw-5wGeiV2yiS9upidXBvSA@mail.gmail.com> References: <DF7B73D4-BE50-4E75-8D5B-FE19A4764F31@freebsd.org> <1362445777.1195.299.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <3DFABC9A-876A-4F34-9E15-E4C630D7B077@bsdimp.com> <1362542286.1291.94.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <4CF23AFE-DD69-40AA-ACFB-46F055F0AA3F@bsdimp.com> <1362594744.1291.132.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> <DDB2A45D-33E4-4612-A17B-62F57EBCDFD0@bsdimp.com> <20130306234004.bf113967.ray@freebsd.org> <4C0099FA-BBBE-4F93-8C97-CE5B79465829@bsdimp.com> <20130307005649.35a6b9ae.ray@freebsd.org> <CAJ-VmokWKcogM%2BJFWn%2B%2Brw6kn85xw-5wGeiV2yiS9upidXBvSA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:16:02 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Peeps, > > If you make the boot process too complicated and it stops being "load > kernel via flash/NFS, boot" then people may just not bother. :-) > > I know you're going for correctness and we're hampered by how "linux > does things', but I really do suggest that you first get working, > packaged, easily installed and updated systems using what we currently > heave before you try to make a 'much nicer but noone ever uses it' > solution. > > Please don't fall down the trap of "over-engineering correctness that > noone will ever use." that software people do when they don't have > deliverables. > > 2c, > > > > Adrian Adrian, I hope you don't compile special kernel before first boot on every new laptop/desktop/server? :))) We want also find such drugs for so mach fancy ARM world, so anybody will have a way to boot board with one of few install images, but not one per board. Thanks! WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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