"Brian J. Murrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yay!! I noticed that kernel-2.2.14-15mdk includes a postinstall script
> to set up the new kernel. But alas kernel-fb-2.2.14-15mdk did not. Any
> reason why?
>
> In any case, may I suggest the following enhancement to the postinstall
> script?
> cd /boot
> mv vmlinuz vmlinuz.old if [ -f initrd.img ]; then mv initrd.img
> initrd.img.old mkinitrd -f initrd-2.2.14-15mdk.img 2.2.14-15mdk
if the user want a rpm -U why you backup the old version ?
> The making of the initrd for the kernel would also necessitate a kernel
> package pre-remove script that removed the generated
> initrd-$version.img.
> I am also thinking that long the lines of "scsi_hostadapter" in
> /etc/conf.modules, there also needs to be a "framebuffer" so that
> mkninitrd can "preload" the right framebuffer modules for the given
> host. Perhaps I will hack this in later if I get word that it would be
> a welcome addition. Alternative suggestions to having the kernel
> postinstall script figure out what framebuffer modules to preload into
> the initrd image are welcome of course. :-)
humm sound like a good idea let me see the source please to
understand.
