Dave Miner wrote: > [ Procedural nit - is there a reason why this discussion isn't > happening on caiman-discuss? ] Darn..u beat me to it again!! > > Frank Ludolph wrote: > ... >> The DDU is silently run on the first boot following installation. If >> there are missing drivers, the DDU will silently and automatically >> begin loading any drivers that are available in the default repo, >> usually the opensolaris release repo. At the same time, if there are >> additional devices missing drivers that are not available from the >> repository DDU will post a Missing Driver notification. (attached) >> > > I'm a bit concerned about the "silently and automatically" part; well, > at least the "silently" aspect. This operation can take some time, > and may fail. How does the user know about this, and understand > failure modes, especially in the instance where the driver is critical > to installation (such as a driver for the disk HBA)? > Dave: Note that it's the boot after installation that this is run so driver HBA for installation should not be an issue.
That said, I too have concerns about "silently" downloading anything. Such actions often arouse people suspicions. I am not sure I quite understand the rationale behind "silently" downloading drivers. While the notification does not have to be intrusive, some kind of notification is required IMO. -Sanjay > Dave
