On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 02:18:20AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
Harald Dunkel wrote:
hotplug uses the information in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.*map,
i.e. the kernel developers knowledge about which hardware is
supported by their drivers. These tables are updated for each new
kernel by
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote:
Updating pci map information in the kernel requires getting a patch to
the maintainer of the driver, through the kernel lieutenants, and to
Linus. Then it takes a kernel release, which happens increasingly
infrequently for 2.4 kernels and is not very common
also sprach Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.12.17.0818 +0100]:
Updating pci map information in the kernel requires getting a patch to
the maintainer of the driver, through the kernel lieutenants, and to
Linus.
Alternatively, you can use /etc/hotplug/*.usermap to provide updated
information.
also sprach Harald Dunkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.12.17.0714 +0100]:
It would be possible to forward the basic information from the
modules.*map into discover's database, though. Or to tell discover
to read the modules.*map.
Or to provide usermap files for hotplug to include those devices
that
Package: debian-installer
Severity: wishlist
The installation leaves discover1 installed, which is not the doing
of debootstrap. With hotplug present, discover is basically useless
on an operational system and really just does not need to start
during boot. Moreover, X configuration uses discover
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Joey Hess wrote:
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| What proof do you have that hotplug will discover all the same hardware as
| discover1, and load the same modules for it? If it doesn't, the
| installed system may not work.
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hotplug uses the information in /lib/modules/$(uname
martin f krafft wrote:
The installation leaves discover1 installed, which is not the doing
of debootstrap. With hotplug present, discover is basically useless
on an operational system and really just does not need to start
during boot.
What proof do you have that hotplug will discover all
also sprach Joey Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004.12.16.2228 +0100]:
What proof do you have that hotplug will discover all the same
hardware as discover1, and load the same modules for it? If it
doesn't, the installed system may not work.
It scans the same subsystems. I also tried on four
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