Re: RFC: discover 1 -> 2 transition plan for Debian
On Mar 16, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote:
> > Actually I consider discover broken by design because it needs a
> > proprietary database which must be updated for each driver added to
> > the kernel and for each new device supported by each driver.
> What do you mean by proprietary database here?
"Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor" (Webster)
I meant something that is specific to a single program, feel free to
choose a more suitable word.
> I wrote a little script to import the kernel hw mapping into the
> discover database. It would be nice when this is no longer needed, as
> Ian indicated might happen soon.
BTW, I'd like to talk with the discover maintainers (who are them?)
about #208155 and #143329, which may be relevant again now that hotplug
has been fixed, and about when in rcS.d discover and hotplug should be
started.
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Marco | [5131 plJFR2Y9JUQHA]
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