Re: CML2 design philosophy heads-up

[Alan Cox]

> Second, how many kernels does Redhat ship in order to have one for 
> 386/486/586/k6/Athlon . . . .
> Quite a pain in the ass.  And look at how much shit has to be built in 
> in order to get a kernel that works for everybody!  People bitch at 
> Microsoft for doing it, then turn around and do the same thing.

No people bitch at microsoft for precisely the opposite - not including a
way to build fully optimised setups for each cpu type - not including all the
stuff that is needed (try a generic win2k install on a vaio one day)

I think you have your facts backwards

Alan