2010/7/15 Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>:
> On 7/15/2010 10:53 AM, Carsten Munk wrote:
> interesting.. but why didn't you just use the generic atom kernel (called
> kernel-netbook for now) ?
> you don't need special kernels for x86 generally... one of the advantages
> ;-)

Simple reason is that Joggler is anything but ordinary - if an
ordinary kernel would have worked I would have taken it in a heartbeat

CONFIG_RELOCATABLE (which is in some configurations) breaks the EFI
boot loaders (EFI-only), CONFIG_FB_EFI is needed (which kernel-netbook
doesn't have), as well as some extra custom devices + patches for
backlight and such. More differences can probably be found.

These small details will happen on sufficiently dedicated devices,
hence the need for a guide like this. I could have taken a ARM device
(N810) but had my Joggler work laid out for me. :)

Best regards,
Carsten Munk
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