Gentoo Archives: gentoo-releng

From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-releng@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Automating the process of building kernel pci drivers
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:08:31
Message-Id: 1113916100.9616.146.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-releng] Automating the process of building kernel pci drivers by Chris White
1 On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 12:24 +0900, Chris White wrote:
2 > 1) What if the device has no module?
3 > 2) Do we generate it for a specific kernel version for the livecd, or
4 > try multiple ones?
5 > 3) Do arches have any issues?
6 > 4) Is it possible for two modules to hold over the same device and
7 > possibly conflict with each other?
8 > 5) Could certain modules cause other modules to fail? Does a short
9 > rules list need to be created to prevent problematic combinations?
10 > 6) How should we approach the userspace program? Should we simply
11 > extend genkernel or go with something more specialized?
12
13 7) What if you bought the device after building your kernel?
14 8) What if the device is external and not connected?
15 9) Why are we even bothering with this?
16
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