-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:14:45 +0100 Erik van Konijnenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:42:13AM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:08:24 +0000 "Richard Burton" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So, I have a workaround. Not sure how this should be fixed > > > permanently though? Easiest way would seem to be to change the > > > yaird Default.conf, but I don't know if that's the right way. > > > > Yaird upstream (Erik) is listening here as well - I'll let him > > decide if fbcon should perhaps be loaded by default... > > The interesting bit is what to do about kernels that don't *have* > an fbcon, modular or otherwise. > > Given that the loading is done from a configuration file, we can > expect users of such kernels to drop the loading command from the > config file, so I don't see objections to loading by default. Why not add a "MODULE_GRACEFULLY" or similar that fails silently if loading fails. That's useful also for trying to load all NIC drivers (for a single netboot image for a heterogenous network). - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDZ1Phn7DbMsAkQLgRAuV/AJ4+6rasDFpugpHcRdlfha6uJmqMdgCfb1nA pB8TblAKhcTdUCINbyxdF2c= =5g80 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
