RE: [ PATCH ] RFC: Search and load drivers automatically fromusb-storage media

[<Sandeep_K_Shandilya Dell com>]

Hello Bill

My comments inline.

regards,
sandeep. 

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Subject: Re: [ PATCH ] RFC: Search and load drivers automatically
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Sandeep_K_Shandilya Dell com (Sandeep_K_Shandilya Dell com) 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

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