On 05/03/06 18:50 +0530, Rony Bill wrote: <snip> > The reason for writing this mail is not to find out what went wrong but > to suggest to the kernel writers that just like the Windows OS, Linux > too could have a streamlined and simple method of installing device > drivers. > make install. Just the one method. It really can't get simpler. <insert quote about programmers, idiots and the universe>
> In Windows, there are 2 methods. > 1) An executable file that is run and it does the entire pprocess of > installing the driver files. > 2) A set of ini and other files in a folder. The device manager or new > device installation wizard asks for the location of the driver files and > one has to simply point to the folderthat contains the driver files. > > Now Linux has evolved from a complicated command line system into a full > scale gui system with easyto use interfaces that reduce installation Surely you mean "from a simple commandline system into a complicated GUI with non-scriptable interfaces". > time and effort. So it should not be difficult for kernel writers to > incorporate a standard interface that automatically loads device drivers The easiest thing is for the vendors to get their drivers into the standard kernel. Then let the community worry about maintainance. If you want good hardware support, vote with your money instead of complaining here. Don't buy unsupported hardware. (BTW, you should have been able to get support from RH and/or IBM for the installation). Would I trust a GUI to install drivers correctly? Probably not. Not with multiple kernels. make install works just fine :). > from source file folders ( the ones that are .tar.gz ). The other > opption is to create rpm or deb files that will do the entire > installation, but that will be too system specific and with too many > distros, it may be difficult. The first option will allow the system to > automatically create relavent driver files from the source files. > make(1) works. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
