On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 01:38:37PM +1100, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > 1) Decide if xserver-xorg-video-nouveau is where we want the hook to > make initramfs-tools copy lbm_nouveau into the initramfs. > > 1 - To give nouveau users the same KMS boot experience as other gpus, > and to help prevent vga16fb claiming fb0 and causing everything to fail, > we want to copy lbm_nouveau to the initrd, along with the other gpu > drivers. > > Currently this hook in in the xserver-xorg-video-novueau package. > Ideally it would be in the package that ships lbm_nouveau.ko, namely > l-b-m-nouveau-2.6.32-ABI, but that obviously breaks the ability to > parallel install the packages for different ABIs, so that's no good. > The other place it could go is in the linux-backports-modules-nouveau > metapackages, but again that breaks for the (less common) multiple > installed kernel flavours case. > > So, it's either adding lbm_nouveau to the existing framebuffer hook in > initramfs-tools, or in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau.
I would say since things are working ok let's leave it this way for alpha-3. After that, it sort of sounds like this should be moved into the kernel (perhaps along with moving to a full drm backport?) In talking with cjwatson this morning it is clear we need to strongly avoid making kernel dependencies from desktop components, lest it break the installer. I think that means that this dependency must be sorted out kernel-side. apw, sconklin, your thoughts? Bryce -- Ubuntu-x mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
