|> I've been thinking about the 2.3.x development, I have some suggestions
|> that might help make the code tree more manageable.
|>
|> 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.
There are already drivers that compile for multiple architectures. Where
would you put them? Surely you don't want to keep separate copies for
each of the supported architecture.
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