On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 12:39:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > -----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).
Good idea; I plan to build that tomorrow & release a patch. After that EVMS then swsusp, which will take longer. Please let me know if there's other stuff that you consider to have higher priority. Erik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
