Re: Boot messages (Was: Re: Ideas for v2.1)
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
28 Jun 1996 22:11:42 GMT
In article <199606191838.OAA01287@snowdon.ccs.neu.edu>,
Albert Cahalan <albert@ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>
>Yes, you missed the point. The point is that some people do not want
>to see the boot messages. By the time init is spawned the kernel has
>already spewed out several pages of cryptic stuff and you might as
>well start X.
>
Being credited, however briefly, in the bootup phase of millions of
computers is also a motivating factor for Linux developers. I think
it isn't more than fair that they get their credit.
-hpa