s3c244x hardware ecc / backup kernel and rootfs direction

Werner Almesberger werner at openmoko.org
Sun Aug 17 00:52:46 CEST 2008


Alan Cox wrote:
> Umm "Qi" - not really a flower but if I remember my chinese mythology its
> the breath that brings things to life ?

That sounds nice, and it rhymes with "vi", which also stands for
elegant simplicity :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi offers

| The earliest texts that speak of qi give some indications of how the
| concept developed. The philosopher Mo Di (also known as Mo Zi or
| "Master Mo") used the word qi to refer to noxious vapors that would in
| due time arise from a corpse were it not buried at a sufficient depth
[...]

So the name will also fit if it should act up ;-)

Thanks,
- Werner



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