[d-i] nic-modules udeb size reduction
Since this spring, the nic-modules udeb has grown in unpacked size by
about 600k. Since the d-i is too big to fit on a floppy right now, we
need to trim this back drastically.
What I think the nic-modules udeb needs to do is include drivers for the
50% of cards that are in 95% of computers. The other 50% can go in a
nic-modules-oddballs later on, when we are worrying about adding support
for the other 5% of systems to debian-installer.
If you remove the following, it will be pretty much back to the size it
used to be:
tokenring/*
yellowfin.o tlan.o sis900.o hp100.o epic100.o dmfe.o dgrs.o acenic.o
This is just a guess, if you think any of these are in the common 50% of
cards, keep them where they are. If you think any of the other modules
are not in the common set of cards, remove them instead. You know better
then I, I'm sure.
Unless it interferes with the freeze (package waiting for testing or
something), please sort this out and upload as soon as you can. I'd
really like to get debian-installer cut back to a usable size by
Wednesday. If you can't upload for freeze reasons, please put it up
somewhere so I can download it by hand.
--
see shy jo
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