Re: Slink Base Install RANT
Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> writes:
>>>>>> "Pann" == Pann McCuaig <pann@ssc.com> writes:
>
> Pann> *** GET RID OF THE GODDAMN BLANK LINES IN THE MODULE
> Pann> DESCRIPTIONS! ***
>
>Agreed. This is actually a bug in the modconf package; all the module
>descriptions are in /usr/lib/module_help/descr.gz -- whichever modules
>don't have descriptions in there, don't get described in the boot
>disks' modconf run.
>
>There is an override -- extra descriptions can be put into the file
>scripts/drivers/descr.additional in the boot-floppies source package.
>
>Perhaps you could volunteer to fill out the information that is
>lacking in /usr/lib/module_help/descr.gz and submit a patch to the
>modconf maintainer?
Okay, but in what format? I couldn't find any module descriptions in
/usr/lib/module_help/descr.gz to use as examples.
And scripts/drivers/descr.additional in the boot-floppies sources is a
zero length file.
How about supplying examples for both files?
- Jim Van Zandt
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