On Saturday 22 March 2008 22:00:46 Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Thanks for stepping forward with this. > > Wouldn't it be better to change the spec file so that the firmware you > have removed is moved into a sub package and we can retain the same > kernel? The default setup will install both these packages and If you > want a spin without the firmware, you just need to exclude the sub > package (along with any other packages you don't want). The advantage is > that it doesn't have the overhead of maintaining a additional kernel > package. > How far along are we on automatic hardware detection? Is it possible for anaconda to check a list of hardware that requires these addition drivers, and only install them as needed (possibly with a message? That might scare new users though...)? It wouldn't take more than a few extra lines of code in anaconda, since the number of entries in that list would number in the thousands, if even that much, and a simple linear search would be enough. This approached may be more amicable with our goal of being a free software system... -- Ben -- Message sent on: Sat Mar 22 22:16:37 EDT 2008
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