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Re: Bug#725714: Partial fix using hw-setup for the missing firmware problem in d-i?



On Tue, 2014-10-07 at 17:09 +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> Thank you for the code review. :)
> 
> [Ben Hutchings]
> > The firmware agent is never coming back, so please do remove the related
> > code.
> 
> I know and agree, but 
> <URL: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725714#163 >
> asked for the non-working code to be kept to work with older kernels.

Actually it is udev that removed this feature originally.  Anyway, I
shan't argue this with KiBi.

> I do not have any strong feelings, so I left it as it was.
>
> > This belongs in the changelog not the code.
> 
> Actually, as long as there are several blocks doing similar things, I
> believe an explanation should be close to the code to explain why.  I
> will wonder when I return in a few years time. :)

Perhaps this would be better placed above the old code, as that is what
should be cleaned up at some later date.

> > The driver name should appear at the start of the log line (after
> > the timestamp).  Use that instead of 'kernel'.
> 
> Yeah, but did not find a simple way to do it, and it is not affecting
> the functionallity, only the user messages.  Should probably be fixed
> in the final version.
> 
> > Redundant use of grep; sed can do that (sed -n 's/.../.../p').
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> > Indentation of the above is inconsistent with the surrounding code
> > (4 spaces vs hard tab).
> 
> It will happen before any commit is done.

Thanks.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Logic doesn't apply to the real world. - Marvin Minsky

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