Richard Hirst wrote: > Still doesn't automatically load ide-probe-mod.o, but joeyh has that > change queued waiting for alioth to come back, I believe. That meant I > had to mess about a bit to get the cdrom visible. I'm waiting until i386 is frozen in testing before uploading that, just because it could cause ugly error messages or something on i386. > So, this is what we need for ia64 to be widely useful: > > > 1. Fixed parted in the archive and udeb on the iso - presumably that > will happen today > > 2. hw-detect fixed to modprobe ide-probe-mod (joeyh?) > > 3. new 2.4.20 kernel udebs with extra scsi driver modules (bdale/dannf?) > > 4. newer 2.4.20 kernel debs in testing would be nice, but not vital > > 5. the following patch applied to kernel-installer. I havn't got round > to getting cvs access on alioth yet, so maybe once it is back someone > could apply this for me, and upload a new kernel-installer? This sounds suspiciously close the the date estimates I asked for regarding when each architecture will be ready for the beta. FWIW, I have received no estimates at all so far. Would you guys like to make one? > --- base-installer-0.045/debian/kernel-installer.postinst- 2004-01-03 21:11:09.000000000 +0000 > +++ base-installer-0.045/debian/kernel-installer.postinst 2004-01-03 21:16:05.000000000 +0000 I'd apply this if alioth were back up yet. I forget, do you have commit access on alioth? -- see shy jo
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