Am Montag, 27. April 2015, 18:28:37 schrieb Andrew: > 27.04.2015 17:57, kp kirchdoerfer пишет: > > Am Sonntag, 26. April 2015, 14:47:09 schrieb Mega: > >> Am 25.04.2015 um 18:36 schrieb kp kirchdoerfer: > >>> Hi Gents; > >>> > >>> I've uploaded a new beta verson for 5.2 and currently we do have the > >>> modules twice - as tgz and as squashfs file. > >>> We should finish the move for the rc1. > >>> > >>> What tasks are open to accomplish it? > >> > >> Whatever a rc1 needs, is there a formal requirement for a rc1, maybe how > >> long the beta was running without a hitch? > > > > There is at least one requirement: No half-implemented features, which > > only > > adds more bytes. > > > > I've reread the discussions how squashfs made it into the release, and it > > is still my understanding that one goal was to shrink the size needed by > > packages carrying modules (initmod, moddb, modules.tgz); until now we > > have only added one more with 11MB (modules.sqfs), while the three others > > are still the same (not to mention that the kernel and busybox are > > somewhat larger due to squahfs support) > > Mostly - to reduce RAM requirements + improve usability (no need of > hwdetect except hotplugging)
Ok; I've tested without any moddb.lrp and it looks, if modules for iptables etc are listed in /etc/modules (yes Andrew noted this in his commit message), it works without moddb.lrp. Great Job! > >>> from Andrews commit message: > >>> "initrd: add basic hw autodetect using squashfs > >>> > >>> initial realization. looks working. needs additional features (for > >>> ex., > >>> list of nftables/iptables modules to copy from squash) before > >>> it'll > >>> completely replaces moddb." > >> > >> We cannot completely remove moddb as _again_ small systems need e > >> reduced set of modules to be present and may not be able to run > >> hwdetect. There may be an empty moddb or a missing moddb for larger > >> systems.> > > For those very small systems an initrd/initmod with all modules required > > will be a better to go. If they are too small to run hwdetect, they are > > most probably that small, that the required modules are more or less > > fixed. > > > > Will moddb.lrp still the place where user-added modules (either via scp, > > hwdetect whatelse will be stored? > > Yes. All modules loaded from initmod and from squashfs are ignored on > moddb save I haven't tested this, but looking into hwdetect it seems still searching for modules.tgz...? kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
