Hi everyone.
An installer may require a special driver (that is, a driver not
delivered by default) to reach an unusual installation disk or storage
medium, if that installer is to be able to install on truly any system.
Likewise, there may be other special devices for which a driver is
normally not installed, but for which a driver is required.
Installers will need to support the use and installation of drivers not
delivered by default, both to the system they are installing, and to
their own installation environment (booted while the installer is
running). The latter may be required to reach the installation
medium to complete the installation.
The effort to make this happen will be known as the Driver Updates
Project.
A proposed problem statement:
"All OpenSolaris installers must be able to install on any system,
regardless of any unusual devices a system has (storage devices, in
particular) and the drivers required to operate those unusual devices,
as long as those drivers are available. All OpenSolaris installers
should make it as easy as possible to locate trusted and reliable
drivers for all devices."
I welcome your feedback on this problem statement. Please send before
Monday 7/13 AM.
Thanks,
Jack
