Re: Linux 2.4.4-ac14

[David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:36:20AM -0400, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 07:07:38PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 May 2001 09:17:08 +0200 (CEST), 
> > Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > >On Wed, 23 May 2001, Keith Owens wrote:
> > >> Is drivers/char/ser_a2232fw.ax supposed to be included?  Nothing uses it.
> > >
> > >It's the source for the firmware hexdump in ser_a2232fw.h, provided as a
> > >reference.
> > 
> > What is the point of including it in the kernel source tree without the
> > code to convert it to ser_a2232fw.h?  Nobody can use ser_a2232fw.ax, it
> > is just bloat.
> 
> We don't provide the binutils or gcc with the kernel either.  The 6502
> is a rather well known processor.  Try plonking "6502 assembler" in
> google and you'll have a lot of choice.

Me likee, finally asm in the kernel I can grok.


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