Re: [Patch 1/5] xbox: add 'CONFIG_X86_XBOX' to kernel configuration

[Jan Dittmer]

Matt Heler wrote:
> Why can't theese patches be maintained outside the kernel tree , as it is 
> now ? 
> 
> I'm strongly against this because the X-Box is a gaming platform and last I 
> heard ( and I could be wrong here ) is that you had to hack your X-Box in 
> order to load any other os then the one supplied with it. I just don't see a 
> justified reason why theese patches should be included into the kernel. 
> 

<TrollMode>
Well, Altix is a server platform, last I heard I had to hack my credit
card institute in order to get one.
I suspect there are more people using xbox w/ linux than altix users.
</TrollMode>

Really, Linux already supports so many varieties of hardware used by
only a small number of people. It's just convenient to have it in
mainline and adapted when api changes.

Jan
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