Paul, It does appear I have jumped the gun a bit. I seen your name in a previous post with a similar subject. and thought 'god he's been told once' and went into rant mode......
Please accept my apologies for the misunderstanding. Regards Dave ------------- [email protected] [email protected] On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Paul Menzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear David, > > > Am Montag, den 28.12.2009, 09:29 +0000 schrieb David Houston: >> I think your missing the point of some of the other list posts that >> have been replied to you. > > Are you sure, you did not mix up the posts and the posters? > >> A lot of what coreboot is about is >> motivation to solve and find information out yourself. > > Well I kind of disagree. If an information has been found by someone why > not share it and save the others the time having to search for it again. > >> > What chipsets and devices does it have? >> >> I found this information on Google within 30 seconds of a search. > > So why do not you share the link? > > Of course everyone is able to find it by himself in a certain amount of > time. But if every reader of this list has to do it this sums up to > quite some amount. > > So it would be nice if the information is provided in the message and > even better with a link to the product page. So everyone interested does > not waste any time. > >> Porting coreboot to a unsupported board is no easy task, and the main >> developers are busy working on other things (within coreboot) rather >> than porting boards. People here and in IRC are always willing to >> help, but it takes a little on your part as well. >> >> I think that what has already been suggested to you is why not pick a >> new board from the supported boards on coreboot.org or a cheaper >> option would be try coreboot out in qemu, many of us here use qemu and >> it is by no means a second rate product. > > I agree. But I think nobody behaved the way you described/assumed. > >> Apologies for the lecture > > ;-) > > Oh, know I have a guess why this misunderstanding happened. > > Maybe my change of the subject and you using Google Mail web interface > which opens a new thread if the subject changes and does not adhere to > the threading information in the messages header made you read this > message out of context? > > > Thanks, > > Paul > > -- > coreboot mailing list: [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot > -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
