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On 06/21/2012 06:51 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote: |
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>> Roy Bamford wrote: |
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>>> So when you build a dud kernel and flash your BIOS with it, and we |
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>>> all build the odd dud, your motherboard is bricked. |
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>> Any firmware modification has potential to brick, and shouldn't be |
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>> done unless you are comfortable with the modification, or with |
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>> solving a brick problem. :) |
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> So, why are we still going back and forth about this? |
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This idea has technical merit and it has sparked a very insightful |
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discussion in which I learned many things that I did not know. My |
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original intention in emailing the list was to learn such things, so my |
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email has fulfilled its purpose. |
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My email has also led to an interesting off list conversation between |
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myself and Peter about this. I believe that the exchange of ideas that |
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this prompted has been mutually beneficial. My hope is that our |
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discussion catalyzes improvements in both Gentoo and coreboot. |
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On 06/21/2012 06:51 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> we're a DISTRO - we integrate and ship what upstream gives us... |
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RHEL is a distribution, but I understand that RedHat does a great deal |
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of upstream programming and is also upstream for some things. Do you |
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consider it to be inappropriate for us to play a larger role in both |
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upstream development and as upstream ourselves? |
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