Re: "selectable kernel patches"

Pierfrancesco Caci (ik5pvx@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org)
Thu, 23 Jan 1997 08:03:41 +0100 (MET)

rse-3@juno.com' own words:
:->
:-> About this type of downloading just the drivers, etc. you need
:-> instead of the 6 meg tarred/feathered file, how about a dedicated telnet
:-> server running a program that asks you which kernel-source you have now
:-> and then asks you what drivers/modules/updates you want and then builds
:-> you a patch file. Or maybe you could send an email to a mail-server and
:-> get a document back from which you can select certain drivers/patches and
:-> then mail it back (kind of like gophermail) and it could send you a
:-> tarred/feathered/uuencoded file and install it on your system. Or another
:-> approach might be to have a web page with a Java program ........ This
^^^^^^^^^^^^
:-> could easily happen if someone would just build the web page, write the
:-> telnet program, or put up a mailserver.
:->

yeah, so everyone would have to waste disk space to install Net$crape
just to be able to use the java program. A cool idea :-)

I really don't see any problem in downloading the 6 and more megs
kernel. If you go to the nearest shop, you'll have hard time to
convince the dealer that you need a HD smaller than 1.2 Gb, and even
if you can find it, it will likely cost the same as a 2.0 Gb one.

I presume that when the kernel was 3 Mb, also the HDs where half in size
and then there was someone complaining that he didn't have space.

You can always delete the windog partition from your HD and mount the
free space in /usr/src :-)

One last comment. Linux is great because you have lots of drivers
available. Just download the latest kernel and compile what you
need. Ever tried to find the latest driver for an AWE 32 under OS/2
warp ? Or the S3 driver ? Or the ext2-ifs driver ? or.....
Each one can be found on a different server. God knows which one :-(

Pf

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