[MiNT] SV: SV: SV: FreeMiNT binaries and CPU specific versions

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

> From: Miro Kropá?ek [miro.kropacek@gmail.com]
> Sent: 2011-07-14 22:06:40 MEST
> To: Jo Even Skarstein [joska@online.no]
> Cc: mint@lists.fishpool.fi
> Subject: Re: [MiNT] SV: SV: FreeMiNT binaries and CPU specific versions
> 
> > Why would that be better?
> >
> Well, less kernels for a start. I don't say it's something fantastic, it's
> just you don't download Linux kernel/distro for Lenovo or Dell but for x86
> and x64 CPU.

That's not a kernel issue, but a installation issue. When you've installed e.g. Ubuntu on your Dell, that disk won't boot on your HP. Same with MiNT, if you want the same archive for all 060-based machines, the installer or user must also take care of installing the correct device drivers. This is not a problem if you have one archive per architecture (*), an installer would "just" have to take care of keeping settings from previous set-ups.

Jo Even

* XIFs excepted. There is no practical way for an installer to detect optional hardware. Maybe the XIFs could be extended to probe for the supported hardware?

Jo Even