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Re: A newbie's view



Hi,

Seth M. Landsman:
> 	Furthermore, as more hardware is supported, and more people who
> don't know the different between an adaptec 2940 and 1940 SCSI card try to
> configure the kernel, wouldn't it be nice if a more reasonable (and
> correct) defaults be detected?
> 
That's easy, just load all the SCSI drivers until you find one that fits.

With the exception of soundcards, which need IRQ and DMA autodetection,
Linux already is better than anybody else I can think of WRT autodetection
of hardware.
> 
> 	I'd almost be willing to dig into one or both of these (though my
> supply of tuits is always dangerously low).
> 
Same here, same here... especially the round ones. I have an oversupply of
square tuits, however, which tend to lie on the floor and hurt when I
accidentally step on them. Anybody willing to trade? ;-)

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