Kernel Image with APM (Was: Things left to do for release.)
Adam Di Carlo writes:
> "Matthias" == Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:
>> even greater, if apm could be enabled in this kernel. Or doesn't
>> this work on some laptops?
> Matthias, why, why, why! do you keep asking for this.
> Putting APM support in the stock kernels would *reduce* the number of
> systems which can boot from the stock kernel. It's an option, it's
> not required, it causes problems for some, and it's not needed for
> booting --
> therefore!
> it will never be part of the stock kernel. You have to build your own
> kernel if you want APM, that that's how it will *always* be on x86.
That's just wrong.
Really.
Requiring people to build their own kernel to get APM support is
ludicrous if we're going to go to all the trouble to have things like a
menu system and binary packages to make life easier on people.
Is it really that hard to make a kernel image with APM support, and just
distribute it seperately? kernel-image-apm or something. Not everyone
has to download it, but it will save a lot of time for folks who use
laptops.
Maybe you didn't mean to write that last sentence :-)
Neale
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