Subject: Re: i386 install kernels
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/18/2007 20:50:23
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:49:49PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I am thinking of calling the kernel INSTALL_CD with ramdisk-cd.
> > The kernel probably ends up being a merge of GENERIC.MPACPI INSTALL
> > and INSTALL_LAPTOP.
> 
> As we have INSTALL_SMALL and _TINY, we could call it INSTALL_L, then
> in the future we'll have XL, XXL, etc :)
> The problem with INSTALL_CD is that the name doesn't make it clear it's
> limited to some class of hardware. The ISO image could have both this kernel
> and INSTALL, isn't it ?

I was desparately trying to avoid using anything to do with 'size' in the
name.
An alternative is to rename INSTALL => INSTALL_FLOPPY

I also really don't see any point in having support for hardware that
is unlikely to be needed for the install - especially hardware whose
presence cannot safely be tested for (ie all non-PnP ISA cards).

	David

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