Sarah Jelinek writes: > I was wondering if there are any other reasons customers patch the > miniroot besides driver updates.
Yes. Especially on x86 platforms, we frequently have problems where either the existing drivers or the kernel itself doesn't work right on some oddball or very new system, and a patch is needed. If that patch happens to depend on the KU (as kernel bits almost always do), then I think we end up in the stuck case. > Patchadd -C was never intended to for use with any patch, only those > that are supposed to be miniroot safe. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop > users from adding *any* patch(which maybe it should), therefore giving > them a false sense of security about what they are doing. Yep. In the code itself, it seems to call this mode "no_check". :-/ -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
