From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:46:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:46:33 -0500 Received: from dns2.chaven.com ([207.238.162.18]:27298 "EHLO shell.chaven.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:46:22 -0500 Message-ID: <033c01c08b27$5944a430$160912ac@stcostlnds2zxj> From: "List User" To: "Timur Tabi" , In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: Request: increase in PCI bus limit Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 19:44:23 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org He's probably sending it to the list the same reason why most in tech circles do. To cut down on the amount of work required. Personally I would love to have all my custom changes put into a 'standard' distribution that way I wouldn't need to keep as many custom notes for x,y,z platforms or what-else. Also for the fact that it gives something back (generally if I run into a situation there is a good chance that someone else will run into it as well, so if I can make _his_ life easier if he doesn't have the same knowledge it's worth it). Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timur Tabi" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 18:36 Subject: Re: Request: increase in PCI bus limit > ** Reply to message from Christopher Neufeld on Tue, 30 > Jan 2001 16:08:32 -0800 > > > > Would it be possible to bump it up to 128, or even > > 256, in later 2.4.* kernel releases? That would allow this customer to > > work with an unpatched kernel, at the cost of an additional 3.5 kB of > > variables in the kernel. > > I don't think that's going to happen. If we did this for your obscure system, > then we'd have to do it for every obscure system, and before you know it, the > kernel is 200KB larger. > > Besides, why is your client afraid of patched kernels? It sounds like a very > odd request from someone with a linuxcare.com email address. I would think that > you'd WANT to provide patched kernels so that the customer can keep paying you > (until they learn how to use a text editor, at which point they can patch the > kernel themselves!!!) > > > -- > Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com > Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com > > When replying to a mailing-list message, please direct the reply to the mailing list only. Don't send another copy to me. > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/