On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:58:30AM +0200, jdd wrote: > Peter Flodin wrote: > > >If what they are proposing takes off, it will be really good. The end point > >if I have understood right, is going to the computer store and there are > >green lizards on the hardware boxes, saying it has a driver for SUSE. > > > "If updated drivers matching the kernel version of the > security update are available, YaST will fetch and install > them alongside the security update, else it will interact > with the user and guide them on how to proceed. " > > don't seems very different from the preceding situation. > > just Novell offers a collaborative effort (good), but will > the harware vendors do? > > it seems the kernel structure have some problem with > hardware drivers
The whole thing is mostly infrastructure... You see it in 10.1 already: - support for external installation sources was a key feature for this - the kernel provides enhanced checksum for various parts rpm -q --provides kernel-default .... kernel(mm) = 3d6b445a058e7d3f .... - The kernel modules require those checksums rpm -q --requires wlan-kmp-default ... kernel(mm) = 3d6b445a058e7d3f ... - YaST/Zmd can check those requires / provides and fetch fixed / changed kernel modules automatically when fetching the new kernels. Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
