From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
torvalds@transmeta.com, axel@uni-paderborn.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Supplying missing entries for Configure.help -- corrections
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:35:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200104181335.f3IDZrq17002@snark.thyrsus.com> (raw)
Some minor corrections to my Configure.help patches, as suggested by
lkml regulars. Should be applied on top of my patches 1-4.
--- Configure.help 2001/04/18 05:27:07 1.5
+++ Configure.help 2001/04/18 13:21:24
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
Prompt for drivers for obsolete features and hardware
CONFIG_OBSOLETE
Obsolete drivers have usually been replaced by more recent software that
- can talk to the same hardware. Obsolerte hardware is things like MGA
+ can talk to the same hardware. Obsolete hardware is things like MGA
monitors that you are very unlikely to see on today's systems.
Symmetric Multi Processing
@@ -1631,14 +1631,14 @@
Support for Cobalt Micro Server
CONFIG_COBALT_MICRO_SERVER
- Support for ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and
+ Support for MIPS-based Cobalt boxes (they have been bought by Sun and
are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit") including the 2700 series
-- versions 1 of the Qube and Raq. To compile a Linux kernel for this
hardware, say Y here.
Support for Cobalt 2800
CONFIG_COBALT_28
- Support for the second generation of ARM-based Cobalt boxes (they have
+ Support for the second generation of MIPS-based Cobalt boxes (they have
been bought by Sun and are now the "Server Appliance Business Unit")
including the 2800 series -- versions 2 of the Qube and Raq. To compile
a Linux kernel for this hardware, say Y here.
@@ -2979,13 +2979,6 @@
called binfmt_aout.o. Saying M or N here is dangerous though,
because some crucial programs on your system might still be in A.OUT
format.
-
-Kernel support for JAVA binaries
-CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA
- If you answer Y here, the kernel's program loader will know how to
- directly execute Java J-code. This option is semi-obsolescent; you
- should probably use CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC and read Documentation/java.txt
- for information about how to include Java support.
Kernel support for Linux/Intel ELF binaries
CONFIG_BINFMT_EM86
--
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failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
-- H.L. Mencken
next reply other threads:[~2001-04-18 13:35 UTC|newest]
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2001-04-18 13:35 Eric S. Raymond [this message]
2001-04-18 14:52 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-18 15:09 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-04-18 16:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-04-18 16:16 ` Eric S. Raymond
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