Re: [PATCH 1.4.11 1/2] OpenIPMI initscript and config file

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Matt Domsch (Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx) said: 
> > Why isn't the driver fixed to populate sysfs properly? 
> 
> Just-in-time programming.  Corey submitted class_simple support this
> evening.
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111654581209165&;
> 
> That'll handle the kernels where it exists, still need to handle the
> cases where it doesn't.  I'll add a test for existance of the dev
> file, and fall back to creating the devnode here if it doesn't exist.

Well, if we're talking about current releases, I'd just assume the kernel
is fixed; the FC package doesn't really need 2.4 support, for example.

> > How many, if any, of these modules can be detected for the
> > proper hardware?
> 
> You're thinking of using kudzu instead?  Possible, though the data is
> scattered throughout ACPI and SMBIOS tables, when it is known.  That's
> more than I was up for this week.  Future incremental change?

I'm thinking of using *something*; we (in HEAD) have some ACPI-based
PnP code, so grokking in other places could be used. It's better than
making people edit a config file.

Bill

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