Subject: Re: Generic kernel
To: None <amiga-dev@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu, markus@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
From: Stephen J. Roznowski <sjr@zombie.ncsc.mil>
List: amiga-dev
Date: 07/21/1994 17:25:54
> From: markus@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE (Markus Illenseer)
>
> As for a matter of fact: I dislike the current release of the GENERIC
> kernel. It's not GENERIC at all. It lacks of ISO-FS, ethernet support
> and other (important) stuff. I don't believe that trying to leave the
> kernels size below 1MB is a reason to disable (ie. not compile) that stuff.
>
> I think it is more reasonable to distribute 4 kinds of kernels:
>
> one GENERIC kernel with _everything_ intus.
> an A3000 kernel w/o any of the other SCSI drivers, no SUN, HP, etc.
> an A4000/1200 only kernel, with IDE, no SCSI (needs to be discussed), no Sun,
> HP support, etc.
> an GENERIC-lite, with all SCSI and IDE drivers, no ethernet, no ISO,
> no ADOS, no nothing :-)
>
> On your marks...
This sounds good to me. I'll see if I can't get around to creating commented
versions of these over the weekend.
How do these names sound:
GENERIC - truly generic
A3000 - as we all know and love
IDE - IDE kernel for A4000/A1200
SMALL - smaller version of GENERIC
-SR
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