Hi,
On 02/22/2010 10:52 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
<snip>
There is still one important piece missing here though, besides
automatically putting a config file in place, we also need to
make sure the necessary modules get loaded. IOW we need a metadata
keyword to specify which modules the config needs loaded (and with
which options if any), and then we need some init script to
load these modules (probably the same initscript as the
one doing the config file copying, or we could add the necessary
entries to /etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors from that script.
Beware that some device -> driver matching has changed over time, so
you might have to take the kernel version into account. If you think
this is overkill, then at least the driver needed for older kernel
versions should be mentioned in a free comment. Or maybe we can
introduce a specific syntax for fallback drivers (if the first driver
doesn't exist then the second is tried... should cover most cases but
maybe not all.)
I think that this new autoconfig stuff will only (mostly) get used in newer
distro's with newer kernels. So I think we can just assume a recent kernel,
and put fallback drivers in a comment.
Still this warrants some thought, as in the future device driver names
may change once more.
Regards,
Hans
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