Hello Bill My comments inline. regards, sandeep. -----Original Message----- From: anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:anaconda-devel-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Nottingham Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:14 PM To: Discussion of Development and Customization of the Red Hat Linux Installer Subject: Re: [ PATCH ] RFC: Search and load drivers automatically fromusb-storage media Sandeep_K_Shandilya@xxxxxxxx (Sandeep_K_Shandilya@xxxxxxxx) said: > 2) Automatic mounting of partitions with no way to opt-out can lead to > problems over time <sandeep> Do you have any specific areas in the > anaconda loader that you are referrring to? > we will anyway unmount the partition after copying the driver updates > to ramfs. Imagine trying to search 500 SAN partitions for driver updates. <sandeep> We look good at this point because storage drivers are not yet loaded. The only driver that is loaded is the usb-storage driver and the ide disk driver. > 4) What's better about doing this automatically as opposed to actually > having the user specify that "yes, I have a driver disk" > <Sandeep> Think about it this way, Suppose the drivers with new > hardware support are placed in a utility partition (OEM will prepare > this on the > system) on an embedded USB storage device, or thinking a little bit > more into the future the driver may reside on the internet Dell is > already pursuing this and Dell servers to be released in future may > have embedded usb-storage with drivers, diagnostics etc... Right, but what good does embedded usb-storage with drivers do you for the next OS release a few months later? <sandeep> Dell baselines do not align with redhat updates. Redhat releases updates every 6 months But Dell baselines on an OS every 1 and half ot 2 years Eg, rhel 4.0 and rhel 4.5. In the interim we also get the drivers updated in the next available update. Bill _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
