From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:35:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:35:09 -0400 Received: from snark.tuxedo.org ([207.106.50.26]:63749 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:34:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:35:53 -0400 Message-Id: <200104181335.f3IDZrq17002@snark.thyrsus.com> From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Alan Cox , 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 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Prompt for drivers for obsolete features and hardware CONFIG_OBSOLETE Obsolete drivers have usually been replaced by more recent software that - can talk to the same hardware.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 -- Eric S. Raymond The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. -- H.L. Mencken