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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Automating the process of building kernel pci drivers
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 09:08:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1113916100.9616.146.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <426479D2.1010206@securesystem.info>

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On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 12:24 +0900, Chris White wrote:
> 1) What if the device has no module?
> 2) Do we generate it for a specific kernel version for the livecd, or
> try multiple ones?
> 3) Do arches have any issues?
> 4) Is it possible for two modules to hold over the same device and
> possibly conflict with each other?
> 5) Could certain modules cause other modules to fail?  Does a short
> rules list need to be created to prevent problematic combinations?
> 6) How should we approach the userspace program?  Should we simply
> extend genkernel or go with something more specialized?

7) What if you bought the device after building your kernel?
8) What if the device is external and not connected?
9) Why are we even bothering with this?

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
Games - Developer
Gentoo Linux

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2005-04-19 13:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-19  3:24 [gentoo-releng] Automating the process of building kernel pci drivers Chris White
2005-04-19  7:19 ` Daniel Drake
2005-04-19 13:08 ` Chris Gianelloni [this message]

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