Hi all:

udev is "supposed" to replace discover however we haven't got to the
point where udev can fully replace it yet (I tried a while back,
installation will fail if I remove discover bits).

So I think if Erich's script can solve our problems in the interim
before we fully integrate SystemImager with udev, then perhaps we can
go with that.  We are not planning to remove discover bits though,
right?

But as Andrea mentioned in another email, I guess we are trying to
freeze for 3.8.0 - so I am not sure whether this should go into 3.8.x
or 3.9.x.

Cheers,

Bernard

On 2/16/07, dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 07:07:06PM +0100, Erich Focht wrote:
> > On Friday 16 February 2007 18:55, dann frazier wrote:
> > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 05:40:31PM +0100, Erich Focht wrote:
> > > > Guys,
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to include a tiny script (attached) into boel_binaries which 
> > > > can
> > > > solve one of our longest lasting problems: the inability to deal with 
> > > > unkown
> > > > hardware. Of course, we have UYOK, but that sometimes fails and is 
> > > > somewhat
> > > > unconfortable to use. No, I don't want to replace UYOK. I just believe 
> > > > that
> > > > the current detection framework can get some help.
> > > >
> > > > pci-automod (the script in the attachment) detects the PCI hardware in 
> > > > your
> > > > machine and checks which module has support for this hardware. It deals 
> > > > with
> > > > three classes of hardware right now: storage, network and serial. It 
> > > > does not
> > > > require any pci.lst list, it only uses information available in the 
> > > > modules,
> > > > respectively the modules.pcilst file. I.e. if it finds a module which 
> > > > supports
> > > > your hardware, it will tell you or load it. The script is simple and 
> > > > runs fine
> > > > under the busybox "ash".
> > >
> > > doesn't udev do this already?
> >
> > Well, no. Not in systemimager. udevd is taking care of the /dev device 
> > files,
> > yes. But at the moment when it is started, the modules aren't actually
> > available. That means the udev events can't trigger loading any modules in
> > systemimager.
>
> udevtrigger can do this after the fact - this is what I believe both
> Debian and Ubuntu are using.
>
> --
> dann frazier
>
>
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