> > Besides, what if someone wanted to CHANGE those options? They would have
> > to re-compile their kernel every time. It's so much more convenient to
> > have the initializations in a user-space program.
>
> I would agree with this except for one thing ... the halt-on-idle should
> be set if a 6x86 is detected should be the default behavior. The reson
> for this is that I have seen initial Linux installations fail because the
> CPU overheated before it could be completed and the rc.cyrix installed
> and run. This seems to happen most in the summer time ;)
Sorry, but if that computer is able to overheat before booting, it
probably means that it is unusable, anyway. What will it do on kernel
compile?
Pavel
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