Bug#53940: module configuration needs to be smarter

[Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>]

"Craig H. Block" <chblock@flashcom.net> writes:

> Dbootstrap needs to be smarter about installing modules.  It should only
> install modules selected by the user during the modconf stage.  If no
> modules are selected, then the dependency on drivers.tgz should be
> bypassed.  In this case, the user should not be prompted for the drivers
> disk(s).  Subsequent use of modconf should prompt for the drivers.tgz
> disk(s) on a variety of medium in similar fasion as dbootstrap.

I agree that installation of kernel modules should be able to be
bypassed.  I'm just not sure if the determining factor should be
whether any modules have been installed via modconf.  That might be a
little tricky to implement, too, since I don't know how modconf can
communicate with dbootstrap such that the latter knows whether any
modules were selected.

Any other thoughts here?

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