Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] [PATCH] Add USE_CURRENT_HARDWARE_SIZE hint

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Btw, thanks for this Chris :
http://smcc.demon.nl/anthill/query.php?bug=38

I think that is the real fix.

Le lun 22/09/2003 à 14:41, Chris Rankin a écrit :
>  --- Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com> wrote:
> > Le lun 22/09/2003 à 10:33, Chris Rankin a écrit :
> > > Recompile BOTH my kernels just so I can use the
> > > *optional* pcwx module????? And what about the SMP
> > > machine? Do you expect me to remove my second CPU
> > > too,and recompile as UP?????? Get real.
> > 
> > I don't understand why you should remove your second
> > CPU.
> 
> But you still think that I should recompile as UP for
> the sake of the pcwx module? This would "logically"
> remove the second CPU, if not physically. It's not as
> if an SMP version of pcwx has been provided, and
> there's no reason to suppose that it is safe to load
> the UP version into an SMP kernel. If it works for you
> then you are "lucky", nothing more.
> 
> The pcwx is an optional, non-GPL, binary-only module
> that will taint the kernel. Any one of these is a good
> reason not to load it. It is definitely not a good
> idea to hold pwc users hostage to it, which is
> basically what you're suggesting. Especially when
> gnomemeeting is more than capable of running without
> it.
> 
> However, I do agree that the pwc module should be
> modifed to report its capabilities more accurately
> when the decompressor is not loaded. But how long do
> you reckon it will be before any modified pwc module
> will be picked up by all the Linux distributors? I
> suspect that modified pwlib packages will be available
> a lot sooner.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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