You (hp) wrote:
>From hp Thu Dec 16 16:52:43 1993
Subject: Re: Ping
To: tthorn@daimi.aau.dk
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 93 16:52:43 MET
In-Reply-To: <199312161534.AA21628@avignon.daimi.aau.dk>; from "Tommy Thorn" at
Dec 16, 93 10:36 am
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You (Tommy Thorn) wrote:
> I'm a bit worried about porting Linux without some sort of
> coordination with Linus. From what I hear, the (ongoing) m68k
> port hasn't tried to isolate machine dependent parts. Shouldn't
> we/someone contact Linus and the kernel channel (I'm on it)?
Yes definitely. If we don't do this we risc (:-)) creating a branch of
Linux which will evolve away from PC-Linux with more and more
incompatibilities over time. If we stay in touch with Linus, Chances
are good that there will be one Linux with only a few well-defined
machine dependent parts.
> I hope I can afford riscy.
So do I.
hp
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