Re: is intimate dead?

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 09:49 +0000, James Conner wrote:
> >If that gets you closer to familiar, why dont they just do that? get
> >the .debs and deb->ipk the tools are already written :P I am just lazy
> >so that is how I think, rather than trying to maintain my own
> >packages... hehe
> >
> That's pretty much what happened. Familiar got good... it seemed
> pointless trying to maintain intimate versions of the same packages
>

I can understand that, however the only parts of 'familiar' that should
be needed are the kernel and modules. Ever tried to arp in familiar?
arp doesnt exist, and they refuse to add it. Ever try to build
something with familiar gcc? as is missing from binutils so you get
everything installed and oops you cant. And there is a refusal to fix
that as well.

For those and a few other issues that I have encountered over time I
have looked for something that is not familiar. For me its FAR more
important that my device *work* than run linux as a paperweight. To
that end I have been actively trying to get something that works.
Debian arm seems to provide me with that.

I also think it would be trivial to get the ipks for the kernel and
modules and convert them to .debs and make a repository somewhere for
just that. Eventually maybe when time allows building custom kernels
from the code..

> PCMCIA support never worked properly for me, and after a few months CF
> stopped being able to wake the cards too. After years of trying to get
> them to handle sleep-mode every time I fely like hacking on intimate, I
> eventually gave up trying to get my h3600 doing something useful and
> left it to gather dust with a freshly installed copy of Familiar 0.70
>

That is what I am dealing with now. The new familiar build they broke
MMC/SD in the 5400/5500 series, they broke flat out ide-cs (that may
have gotten fixed by now, not sure, dont think it did though) to the
point that anyone with an ide pcmcia card couldnt use it at all. Infact
it is recommended for older hardware to not use the newest version just
yet. Its constant that stuff is broke, they ignore the problems, new
tsuff gets broke they ignore the problems.
Received on Wed Dec 22 2004 - 12:32:36 EST