[Tfug] 2 weeks of Hackintosh fun..

[erich]

That's right,
            If you build the kernel on a regular basis, you will notice 
that MFM/RLL is a feature
that is suppressed. If one wants to activate it one can. In other words 
the actual source code
is there in the Kernel source tarball, but it's not in an executable 
image unless you want it to
be.
                                                                                                                          
      Erich
Bowie J. Poag wrote:
>
> I would agree with Bex.
>
> Who cares if Linux has umpteen zillion drivers, if the bulk of them 
> are legacy/obsolete? Do I really care if Linux supports some exotic 30 
> year old MFM/RLL hard disk controller? No.  As a hobbyist, maybe, but 
> as a general user, no. It's something that I would never, ever 
> encounter. I don't need a 15 pound 317-headed nozzle attachment for 
> the garden hose in my backyard. I just want to water my damn plants. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
>
>
> Claude Rubinson wrote:
>> On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 08:20:44PM -0800, Bexley Hall wrote:
>>  
>>> And, that ignores the fact that the hardware vendor may not have
>>> released a driver for their device on "platform X".  Of course,
>>> that's a chicken/egg situation... until "platform X" becomes
>>> ubiquitous, vendors don't want to invest money chasing releases.
>>>     
>>
>> Just because you and others keep saying it over and over again doesn't
>> make it true.  See
>> http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/linux_driver_project_status-2008-04.html?seemore=y 
>>
>> and scroll down to "The Linux Driver Myth."
>>
>> Here's the teaser and take-home message, all wrapped in one:
>>
>>   Back in 2006 I gave a talk at the Ottawa Linux Symposium about a
>>   number of myths that are around the Linux kernel. One of them was
>>   device and driver support. I stated then, and still do that:
>>
>>       Linux supports more different types of devices than any other
>>       operating system ever has in the history of computing.
>>
>>   Later on, a representative from Microsoft validated this statement
>>   saying that their research agreed with it, so this is not an
>>   unproven statement.
>>
>> Claude
>>
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