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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-doc] [patch] integrate ia64 bootloader into common
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:21:06
Message-Id: 200702211913.30885.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-doc] [patch] integrate ia64 bootloader into common by Xavier Neys
1 On Tuesday 13 February 2007, Xavier Neys wrote:
2 > Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > so which is ? first people complain when i made ia64 specific documents,
4 > > now people complain when i try to combine them
5 >
6 > Nothing's changed. ARCH-specific files that have hardly anything in common
7 > with other files are fully justified. This applies to
8 > hb-install-ia64-bootloader.xml: no framebuffer, no gub, no lilo, and elilo
9 > which is ia64-only.
10
11 not quite:
12 - ia64 does support framebuffer console
13 - grub will have ia64 support (it doesnt at the moment)
14 - elilo is not (and hasnt been for quite sometime) ia64 specific
15
16 so if you want to keep the status quo now, fine, but i'm looking long term
17 here
18 -mike

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