Control: tag -1 patch
On Sun, 2014-02-09 at 23:15 +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> Package: linux
> Version: 3.13
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
I don't see a patch or equivalent information.
[...]
> So, my question now is:
> Do you still suggest I should go the way as suggested in comment #55:
> "I think you'll need to create a new udeb for DRM drivers..." ?
> Is it then really ensured, that the drivers will then be loaded before
> the very first installer screen?
If the udeb is included in the installer initramfs (rather than as a
package file), then yes I think they will be.
> The backside with it from my point of view is then, that people will
> not see any boot messages before modules gets loaded and they might
> think the machine crashed. And if it crashed you will get no output
> either.
>
> Please suggest.
> (PS: If I should provide a udeb-patch, which existing udeb-modules
> would you suggest me to look at which would be similiar? -> I'm still
> learning here :-)).
Kernel udebs are built by kernel-wedge, based on configuration under
debian/installer in the linux source package.
They are configured using a fragment of control file in
debian/installer/package-list or debian/installer/<arch>/package-list,
and a list of modules under debian/installer/modules or
debian/installer/<arch>/modules/<arch>[-<variant>].
You could add a new drm-modules udeb, but I suggest you reuse the name
fb-modules which is already defined in debian/installer/package-list.
The list of modules is very much architecture-specific so add it under
debian/installer/hppa/modules/hppa.
The kernel-wedge documentation has more details.
Ben.
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