[Yum-devel] Re: [driver-updates] [RFC] Automatic driver package resolution

[Michael E Brown]

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 10:54:10AM -0500, Jon Masters wrote:
> Michael E Brown wrote:
> 
> >We also want to get this in for RHEL5.1, if possible. (And tweaked for 
> >RHEL6, of course).
> 
> We might be able to get a version of this into RHEL5 if you make a 
> feature request and do the IT dance from your end :-)

Will do. Can't do RHEL5 because <redacted>, but certainly for RHEL5.1.

> >Ok. Where/how/who? Who are the right people to talk to in order to get the 
> >find-provides.modalias added to the distro? Also, there are:
> >   /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides
> >   /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/find-provides
> 
> I intentionally took over redhat-rpm-config so that I can do this stuff.
> 
> >Which is the "correct" one to add this to? 
> 
> Add it to the redhat/find-provides script and send me a patch, if you 
> like :-)

Ok. I will send you a patch shortly.


> >Next, where did you want to add a GUI for this? What did you envision it 
> >looking like? Can I help out on this one?
> 
> I envision a similar experience to that e.g. a Windows user could get 
> when they insert a new device and get a dialog that walks them through 
> finding a driver for it - this requires:
> 
> * A central online, independent database to provide "hints" about third 
> party repo locations. I already planned for this to use modalias 
> information, along the lines of your proposal - thanks for doing that 
> work! We don't want to be in the business of hosting. I talked to Matt 
> and a few others about this and will work on a proposed standard to kick 
> of conversation on this in due course - I want to involve Dell, SuSE, 
> IBM and others who have expressed an interest in being involved.
> 
> * Hooks for udev/hal. We need a client/server that listens to messages 
> on the SYSTEM bus and notices when we don't have a driver for a device. 
> If we don't have one, then we kick up a fuss with a dialog but split 
> this in two so a GUI Desktop is not *required*. Think NetworkManager. I 
> also want this tool later to allow configuration of depmod.d configs so 
> we can override the search ordering of installed drivers and allow a 
> user to replace one driver with another - think "hardware manager".

Ok. Thanks for the overview. Sounds very sane. I'll take a look at this.

> Yeah. First test was negative...but it might just be too early. My gf is 
> positive for mono though and I've never had it before so... :-)

I think we all know the solution to this problem.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm
"Although the symptoms of infectious mononucleosis usually resolve in 1 or 2 months, EBV remains dormant or latent in a few cells in the throat and blood for the rest of the person's life. Periodically, the virus can reactivate and is commonly found in the saliva of infected persons. This reactivation usually occurs without symptoms of illness."

Yuck.

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Michael