On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 06:25:39PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > Please correct me if I am wrong, but the script conversion will be necessary > > for a proper upgrade path from sarge to etch anyway, and thus such stuff is > > *non-optional*. > It's arguable how much drivers blacklisting is critical. > It's uncommon for users to do it, and as long as they read the > NEWS.Debian email before rebooting nothing bad will happen anyway. I have at least two computers that I've had to use hotplug blacklist entries on at various points, including one where the blacklist entry is still needed in 2.6.12. Given that reboots are not always under control of the admin, I don't think "read NEWS.Debian before rebooting" is much protection. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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