>How about splitting the kernel tree into separate .tar.gz files like so:
>1) Linux-Core-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the 100% portable core of kernel
>2) Linux-Arch-<cpu>-2.3.x.tar.gz - contains the architecture specifics
> i.e Linux-Arch-ia32-2.3.x,
> Linux-Arch-ia64-2.3.x,
> Linux-Arch-mips-2.3.x ... and so forth.
>3) Linux-Drivers-<cpu>-2.3.x - contains the drivers for that architecture
> ie. Linux-Drivers-ia32... you get the idea.
>The idea behind this is to make it easier for people to download just the
>components they want for their particular architecture, instead of
>downloading everything as at present for the 2.1.x tree. Then they either
>untar themselves or use a script to "plug" the sources into a complete
>Linux tree, and configure using what someone proposed (a database config?)
>earlier this year. It'd certainly reduce the size of the files people have
>to download, and even make it easier to cross compile kernels.
>Any comments?
>Cheers,
>Alex
Looks on the face of it like a splendid idea, then you think of the patch
scenario, probably the stuff nightmares are made of, but some modularity does
seem inevitable.
Regards
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... Sid Boyce...Amdahl(Europe)...44-121 422 0375
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